Lyrics
in natural selection
In the context of natural selection
I've avoided all detection
I've managed to stay unnoticed
and the tender bits underneath
Focusing on the superficial aspects
all with window dressing and
Using external appearances as a cover-up
calculated guessing
Employing strategic guesses and calculations
and a bark bigger than my teeth
Projecting a more confident image than reality
It was the suit that got me the gig
Achieving success due to wearing the right clothes
It was the tear that got me the girl
Winning someone's affection through vulnerability
I'm a sheep in this wolf's clothing
Presenting a tough exterior despite being gentle
I'm a picture that I'm holding
Keeping a memento of an idealized cool persona
of someone who is cool
soul like a thimble
Having a small, constrained soul lost in symbolism
swallowed up in symbols
Desiring things that are unnecessary
wanting what I don't need
Choosing wants over needs
if sympathy's the answer
Suggesting that sympathy might be insincere
I'll have temporary cancer
Claiming a temporary affliction for sympathy
but that's not what I'll have you believe
Emphasizing a divergence from the truth
It was the suit that got me the gig
Reiterating the role of attire in success
It was the tear that got me the girl
Highlighting the emotional vulnerability that attracts
I'm a sheep in this wolf's clothing
Acknowledging the contradiction in appearance
I'm a picture that I'm holding
Maintaining an image of a cool persona through a picture
of someone who is cool
someone who is cool
-close but kind of meatless
Being nearly complete but lacking substance
like actors who play Jesus
Comparing oneself to actors who portray Jesus
in movies of the week
Similar to characters in predictable TV movies
What other people wish for
Manifesting what others wish for effortlessly
oozes from my every pore
Oozing qualities that others desire
I'm the coffee not the sleep
Being the stimulating force rather than rest
and I'm the song about the song
Representing a song about originality
that once said something new
Being a scandalous revelation
I'm a scandal that's unfolding
Maintaining an image through a symbolic picture
I'm a picture that I'm holding
of someone who is cool
-someone who is cool
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