Message Man - Infamy Lyrics

You drew a portrait of something insidious
Something hideous, like I was perfidious
At times I am so credulous
Can't see my blessedness
Can't see past my dreadfulness

Sometimes this all feels oneiric
I get lost in the moment of something euphoric
Try and speak something historic
Something to keep you listening like it's mesmeric

I almost let you tear me down
Hold me down, in this nightmare
Believed in lies that only ensnare
Looked at others, how do I compare?

You tried to take my love and my dreams
Rip them apart and split all the seams
Had me believe this was my requiem
I'm done with all of that, I'm done with your schemes

You tried to take my love and my dreams
Rip them apart and split all the seams
Had me believe this was my requiem
I'm done with all of that, I'm done with your schemes

My own infamy
But it's all alright if my infamy is told from a beautiful symphony
My own infamy
But it's all alright if my infamy is told from a beautiful symphony

How can I create something iconic
At the same time remain laconic
Maybe this is all fatuous
But there's so many who are compassionless
So many who are passionless
Who is more glamorous
Who is most fabulous
I don't give a crap I'm not a part of that callousness
Blasphemous to what culture would preach, I won't be a catalyst

You can say I portray acrimony
But that's alright, it's better than being labeled a phony
It's better than holding a ceremony for all your fake testimonies
Or the career and image that you now hold in matrimony

It's sickening and heartbreaking
That we push to conformity over unity
Not Achieved through individual uniqueness
Punish those for meekness
Insecure of your own weakness
You're a coward man, think for yourself
Your not a better man when you aren't even thinking yourself
Embarrassing you can't think for yourself
When you're looking to our culture just to define your own posture
Don't let them into close, or they'll find out you are an imposter

I almost let you tear me down
Hold me down, in this nightmare
Believed in lies that only ensnare
Looked at others, how do I compare?

You tried to take my love and my dreams
Rip them apart and split all the seams
Had me believe this was my requiem
I'm done with all of that, I'm done with your schemes

My own infamy
But it's all alright if my infamy is told from a beautiful symphony
My own infamy
But it's all alright if my infamy is told from a beautiful symphony

We're choking on ideals, and believe it's ideal
As if by sacrificing truth we are making a deal
Indeed it's easy, and we like how it feels
But I promise that's not the answer that heals
We're afraid to use our voice, afraid it might upset, but in our silence we kill
We try to appeal, and opinions concealed
I would hate to stir up an inconvenient ordeal