Whatever happened to all the belief
and the conviction that you held
All those words you wrote as your
passion spilled out for your anger at this world?
All the respect we gave that never was returned
but still our loyalty burned
And why has all the hatred you had
now turned towards us? Is it...
Because
your matriach
she had the loudest bark
Pulling at your strings
and controlling everything?
So there's nothing left to say
and would it matter anyway?
Onto you pedestal you climb
and play this ritual one more time
But as the music starts to fade
Like all the promises you made
And the stage lights start to dim
We know we'll always be......on the outside looking in
Now we can trace this back a good many years
to where it all began
As you regenerated, we were tolerated
but the seething resentment ran
Wild in your mind, your sales falling behind
you needed the masses to
Conform to your ideals
(you know we never will) and to your matriarch
She had your image contrived
So when you signed on the line
You lost a piece of yourself
And for that we got the blame
so now there's nothing left to say
it wouldn't matter anyway
onto your pedestal you climb
and play this ritual one last time
as the music fades away
like all the promises you made
and the stage lights are now dim
we know we'll always be......on the outside looking in
