1. Nothing gets my blood pumping like a pulse.
Let’s try to handle disillusion like adults.
When a myth unravels, there’s always a replacement.
Every hour of the day looks the same in the basement.
Fighting fire with firewood.
Preach your sermon to the empty spot where the choir stood.
A good liar could take us all on a great ride,
But most of them are too weak and afraid to try.
Outwitted, outdone, outgunned, yet outspoken.
If you walk around here eyes closed and mouth open,
You’re gonna get more than you can chew without choking.
If you won’t be tamed, at least be housebroken.
I wanna give birth to an urban legend.
I wanna blurt the question that diverts the lesson.
It’s depressing what these people think is worth repressing.
Nobody’s gonna track any dirt into heaven.

2. Holding the fort with smoke and mirrors
And a handmade dummy soaked in tears.
You alternate between hope and fear.
You haven’t told a good joke in years.
I don’t know where I got the drawl.
Stand for nothing, can’t fall at all.
Out of left field and off the wall.
You’ve gotta want to move before you crawl.
Then comes walking, then comes running,
Then exhausted huffing and puffing,
Then expectation-adjusting.
Ne’er-do-superbly, great-for-nothing.
Turnabout’s fair play, haunting the haunter.
Cursing the mummy, taunting the monster.
I can’t pay what it costs to prosper.
I know myself: a self-taught impostor.

3. That that doesn’t kill me only makes me stronger
Or leaves me enfeebled while I linger longer.
We prefer the setbacks we’ve already dealt with.
The best lovers take pleasure in appearing unselfish.
What do I have to do to be considered a catch?
I keep overreaching after forgetting to stretch.
It doesn’t take long to figure out what my range is.
All I do is string together idioms with minor changes.
Last time I rode a roller-coaster,
My thoughts wandered off until I noticed it was over.
Turn “tragedy” to “triumph” by switching five letters.
There are more complicated methods, but mine’s better.
Even when you’re dry, they keep trying to shape you.
There’s always someone trying to escape wherever you escape to.
Lines in the sand have a tendency to wash away.
What do we say to Decay? “Not today.”

4. Sniffing around that bait you found.
You just can’t seem to break new ground.
Or focus on the task at hand.
We ask, “Who was that unmasked man?”
Nothing to lose, you start in a hole.
Jump from the moving car and roll.
Heart and soul and mind and body.
It’s easy to let it slip and get sloppy.
Bad artists die for their art too.
Not odd for two wrong people to argue.
Are you or are you not present?
State your preference or I’ll guess it.
Not going down without a flight.
There are plenty of dark things out tonight
Just like every night, no sweat.
Until there’s a new threat, I won’t fret.

5. From saving face to a change of heart.
It’s never too late to play a stranger part.
Resist the insister, spurn the urger.
Twist and whisper, turn and murmur. (x4)