We Forget
I see the way the world portrays movie stars and big time names
It makes a person start to think there’s a single way to live
The media plays its part, telling everyone it’s smart
To use “Seventeen” as their guidebook to life today
The media corrupts our hearts, steeling ice within
The bleeding confines of loneliness that we hide with greed
We say we won’t forget the things that honestly make life worth living
For but then we stash more cash and we forget
The loneliness, the emptiness, the feelings that we can’t dismiss
‘Cause they’re always there, we try not to care and we succeed
For a little while at least, until the money we’ve achieved
Has left the hole inside our hearts open again
The media corrupts our hearts, steeling ice within
The bleeding confines of loneliness that we hide with greed
We say we won’t forget the things that honestly make life worth living
For but then we stash more cash and we forget
The family, friends, and life we spent full of love and no regrets
Because we don’t believe we can achieve it anymore
The bills pile up and we start to drown, barely treading water in
The life we’ve chosen to participate in
TV shows us thin people always win no matter what the case
Happens to be it leaves us with no self-esteem
Yet we watch and drive the knife deeper into the confines of
Loneliness we’ve tried to hide, but we’re just too weak
To turn the bloody machine off and live our own lives without input from
The famous people we see on screen
The news lingers on horrid things, rarely reports the blessed things that occur daily, but unfortunately they just don’t entertain
The media corrupts our hearts, steeling ice within
The bleeding confines of loneliness that we hide with greed
We say we won’t forget the things that honestly make life worth living
For but then we stash more cash and we forget
Oh, we forget
It makes a person start to think there’s a single way to live
The media plays its part, telling everyone it’s smart
To use “Seventeen” as their guidebook to life today
The media corrupts our hearts, steeling ice within
The bleeding confines of loneliness that we hide with greed
We say we won’t forget the things that honestly make life worth living
For but then we stash more cash and we forget
The loneliness, the emptiness, the feelings that we can’t dismiss
‘Cause they’re always there, we try not to care and we succeed
For a little while at least, until the money we’ve achieved
Has left the hole inside our hearts open again
The media corrupts our hearts, steeling ice within
The bleeding confines of loneliness that we hide with greed
We say we won’t forget the things that honestly make life worth living
For but then we stash more cash and we forget
The family, friends, and life we spent full of love and no regrets
Because we don’t believe we can achieve it anymore
The bills pile up and we start to drown, barely treading water in
The life we’ve chosen to participate in
TV shows us thin people always win no matter what the case
Happens to be it leaves us with no self-esteem
Yet we watch and drive the knife deeper into the confines of
Loneliness we’ve tried to hide, but we’re just too weak
To turn the bloody machine off and live our own lives without input from
The famous people we see on screen
The news lingers on horrid things, rarely reports the blessed things that occur daily, but unfortunately they just don’t entertain
The media corrupts our hearts, steeling ice within
The bleeding confines of loneliness that we hide with greed
We say we won’t forget the things that honestly make life worth living
For but then we stash more cash and we forget
Oh, we forget
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NOTE: The rhythm may seem a little weird in places. It's supposed to. It's how it flows with the music we composed for it. Just in case you're wondering.