#idolizations

I wrote this song when I was in high school and it is about feeling like you’re being taken advantage of and forced to live up to expectations other than your own, as people force their preconceived images of you upon you without your consent.

Corrosive Idolizations

“Strenuous to measure up to what you expect of me A prodigy in the making, Everyone’s shining star But what if I should fail? Set fire to your self-serving adoration Wither and collapse in the midst of this angst I should be the one setting the expectations

I just want the praising to stop Destroy this toxic pedestal you’ve placed beneath my feet The parameters of your glorification Ostracizing me from the world at large Isolated within my own convoluted mind I’m a normal human being, I swear it! Stop treating me as your fucking Messiah! I’m not your savior, I’m not your martyr! I’m not your fucking immortal!

Everyone’s piling the weight of their worlds on me Forcing me to portray this marvel you’ve molded me to be All I ever wanted was to be myself Free of the accolades and the acclaim, Free of your selfish desires and motives Yet you continue to distort what I represent, Making me look like some fucking saint, An image I can do without

I just want the praising to stop Destroy this toxic pedestal you’ve placed beneath my feet The parameters of your glorification Ostracizing me from the world at large Isolated within my own convoluted mind I’m a normal human being, I swear it! Stop treating me as your fucking Messiah! I’m not your savior, I’m not your martyr! I’m not your fucking immortal!

I’ll never let you deify me again I’ll never be your golden ticket to fame and fortune I’ll never be your saving grace, your rags to riches story, Just a tormented soul eating himself alive It’s no one’s fault but your own, You and your corrosive idolizations!

I just want the praising to stop Destroy this toxic pedestal you’ve placed beneath my feet The parameters of your glorification Ostracizing me from the world at large Isolated within my own convoluted mind I’m a normal human being, I swear it! Stop treating me as your fucking Messiah! I’m not your savior, I’m not your martyr! I’m not your fucking immortal!