Buried Above Ground

from The Citizen (2011) by Damien Youth

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When your heroes will not die
they just shrink before your eyes
and the myths that gave them life
these gluttons eat with fork and knife
Gluttons eat with fork and knife

When their mortal husk remains
watch the light of their sustain
growing dim beneath tattered veils
Upon old ego they're impaled
Upon his ego he's impaled
For only martyrs hang from nails

When all their cries for help called songs
is all that moves the days along
Then a small group gathers 'round
to watch him buried above ground
They watch him buried above ground
To search for one familiar sound

When the artist never dies
then he forges his old life
Counterfeit, the greatest crime
Staring cold through barterer's eyes
He now stares cold through barterer's eyes
Selling what he would not buy
Selling what he would not buy
Oh, but what more can you do
when you out live your own muse?
Oh, now what more can you do
when you out live your own muse?

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from The Citizen (2011), released January 13, 2011

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