Charlatan

this ones got a bit more of a structure to it than the others, which are all essentially 'get from start to finish as quick as you can'. this is intended to be a lengthy sludgy sort of thing, picking up speed in the middle and then dying down again for the last verse or so.

I heard your songs, through my speakers.
I saw your show, on my screen.
I watched the way, you play and sing and shout and make the paying public scream.
As they exchange their cash for a hollowed out hour,
For a whore with a message that's worthless and weak,
How can you sit and pretend that you feel truth in any word you ever speak?

You vampire, you fraud, you liar, facsimile
You're a showman, a circus, would be a better suited stage
Your costume, so crafted, to create, illusion,
Of someone, who cares, and means what they say.

The fashion is, your strong point, the music is, your flaw.
There's no hint of truth in your notes and your lines.
The clichéd, combination, of lyrics, and chords
Creates nothing that hasn't been done better before.

Apparantly honesty isn't all it's made out to be,
The lies you let loose have now carved you a niche.
So while you sit up there on your stool, let me speak.
The problems you sing about are ones you unleash.

Your loose lips, sink your own ships,
Your open door to your room is your own trap you set.
Your transgressions should have held more discretion
Spotlights luring the airing of secrets you should have kept.

How do you sleep at night?
Do you lay your head down in a home made thorn crown?
Do you rest your eyes and dream of fresh fiction to write as truth?
Do you build more tales to tell in the round?

The success of your stories holds a lesson I must admit
While we're all laying secrets on tables, here's something to chew on
I hope you choke on it

While you're sleeping in beds with, fans of your characters
Your girl is with me, drunk and lonely, but I'm looking after her
So where should you be at three in the morning when I'm walking her home?
When my hand finds hers and her eyes meet mine and then when we're in my room and alone?