Two Star Motel

Used to tear me wide open And now it barely leaves a dent Ever since I quit gauging my days By how well the nights were spent Went to work on the removal Of attaching my self-worth to other people's approval In the midst of a deep dive I deconstructed the assumptions of this life Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll is what you've come to think It looks more like a two-star motel, pissing in the sink Forget everything you think you know Baby, I just wanna Rock 'n Roll I used to place all my hopes in The fallacy of one narrative arc Turns out you don't need to be immersed in misery Just to make good art I felt free to finally let go As soon as I lifted the veil of my ego In that moment I saw My greatest strength had become my fatal flaw For reconnecting with my passions Self-deprecation is going out of fashion The myth of the artist is a big black hole I'd just rather fuel my soul Just when I thought it was time to give up on you After countless conversations on what to do The answer revealed itself on the edge of the knife While the music ruined me, it also saved my life