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Those who indulge in their vices will see
How sickening a carousel's cycle can be
We'll go up, down, around on this ride 'til we're gray
All children aboard sit still and obey
La la la la-la-la
La-la la-la la-la la-la
If youth is wasted on the young in frivolous fantasies
Then why, as we age, do we try to escape from our empty realities?
Couldn't have dreamt of the perfecter premises
To descend on like a petulant pestilence
Set upon this spiral, I'm the one makin' heads spin
A child of an underestimated dimension
In a sea of degenerates who need to reflect
I'm the mirror's emissary and I see your regrets
Forget amends, I'll make a mess, you'll wonder "when will it be over?"
Just like a little nightmare, I am ever so
Obstreperous
With every step I take, treacherous
And defiant in the face of your decadence
It's a plentiful life
For the fanciful type with a devilish mind
Obstreperous
Such insolence, it's so incredulous
Limitless imagination, I'm the cleverest
No obstacle ever did stop
An obstreperous child
I won't be set in stone by oppressive views
If there are cracks in your logic, I'll be slippin' through
Let my mind get acclimated to the madness
Then unpack the power that once was my baggage
I can take a trauma, turn it into fuel
So hungry for another that I've begun to drool
No matter what, I keep my mask up, ask how I came to be
Did you have a nightmare? No, the nightmare had me
Obstreperous
Such a brat, the audacity measureless
I persist in the system of malevolence
Little rebels uprise
Doesn't matter the size of a devil disguised
Obstreperous
A cacophony wrought with irreverence
If it's submission you seek, I'm your nemesis
No precaution could prepare you to cross
An obstreperous child
There's nowhere like Neverland
Can Lost Boys grow into better men?
To become someone new
Who are you leaving behind?
Like a dream where you're watching yourself
See your skin upon somebody else
Though no longer your own, now you are not alone
Don't atone for your sins, they are mine
I'll let nobody keep us in line
No innocence's lost
Because it was tossed
Another piece of rubbish wasn't worth what it cost
Have you ever had a candy so terribly sweet
That it sickened your stomach and rotted your teeth?
What made me a monster took a lot of time
I wouldn't be controlled, couldn't be confined
All my individuality, unidentified
It was stole when they told me I'm in a word defined
Obstreperous
And I'm finding my vibe has a resonance
Let us into your head, it's our residence
Like a toxin, infestin' your thoughts
I'm a pest, and the kind that never rests
Obstreperous
From reality I'll get my severance
What a circus, assured, there's no end to this
Now you're in for a ride
Because I'm an obstreperous child
Obstreperous
Wild and adventurous
Tiny, yet treacherous
To spite this world, unfurl my smile
Obstreperous
Your tongue, so venomous
With hunger, ravenous
But nothing satisfies
An obstreperous child