Nothing Beautiful

first I drank insecticide<br>a little more each day<br>followed by dirty and sugary foods<br>grown where the light was grey<br>later my thoughts were small and sharp<br>adapted to their purpose<br>to extract the fuel from fat<br>under the lovely surface<br><br>`cause nothing beautiful<br>nothing beautiful lasts<br><br>moved to a ghost town for inspiration<br>I could start where they`d given up<br>feed on the seed of the dreams people left<br>out to rot when the going got tough<br>cockroaches turn adversity to immunity<br>there ain`t a niche lower in the animal kingdom<br>or one with more longevity<br><br>`cause nothing beautiful<br>nothing beautiful lasts<br><br>easier to deny what is real<br>and what`s solid and what you can see<br>if you bulldoze the bankrupted buildings<br>failure`s the dust that settles on the trees<br><br>`cause nothing beautiful<br>nothing beautiful lasts...