don't listen to the radio

listen to the radio
its playing a song for you
a song of desperation
a song of hopeless tears
the mirror has been lying to you
for twenty broken years

it seems all your strenuous efforts
and your high school hopes and dreams
are now spiraling down the sink
with the toothpaste off your teeth
you comb your hair with lost identity
paint your face with fake
smile away your rotten insides
with the happy pills you take

there's an arrow through your heart
from a lover you wish you knew
a love letter on your shelf
but you can find love by yourself
your broken heart is torn apart by
all the things you shove inside it

don't listen to the radio
it gives candy coated lies to you
don't sing a song in lonely solo
sing a love duet
when you look into the mirror
what you see is not all you get

so spit your stubborn false self image
spit your vein conceit
send it spiraling down the sink
with the toothpaste off your teeth
so comb your hair with carelessness
paint your face with confidence
and smile from the joy of your salvation
sing a song of jubilation