Materialist

YOU'RE OBSESSED AND DISTRESSED 'CUZ YOU 
CAN'T MAKE ANY SENSE OF THE LUDICROUS 
NONSENSE AND INCIPIENT SENESCENCE THAT 
WILL DEEM [bad word] SENSE USELESS 
THIS AIN'T NO RECESS! 
I WANT TO BELIEVE IN YOU BUT MY PLANS KEEP
FALLING THROUGH I KNOW I HAVE TO FACE THE
HARSHNESS, GRIN AND BARE THE [bad word] AND I
HAVE TO WALK THIS MILE IN MY OWN SHOES 
(AND I'M NO FOOL!) I'M MATERIALIST 
FULL-BLOWN REALIST (PHYSICAL THEORIST)
AND I GUESS I'M FULL OF DOUBT SO I'M PRONE 
TO HEAR YOU OUT AND REFUSE I'M MATERIALIST 
THERE AIN'T NO FEAR IN THIS IT'S THERE FOR ALL 
TO SEE SO DON'T TALK OF HIDDEN MYSTERIES 
WITH ME 
MIND OVER MATTER IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER 
IF THE STREET'S IDLE CHATTER TURNS YOUR 
HEART-STRINGS TO TATTERS FLATTER HOPES 
DON'T FLATTER AND SOUL BATTER WON'T CONGEAL 
TO MEND LIFE THAT IS SHATTERED INTO SHARDS 
WAS IT IN THE CARDS? THE PROCESS OF BELIEF IS 
AN ELIXIR WHEN YOU'RE WEAK I MUST CONFESS. 
AT TIMES I INDULGE IT ON THE SNEAK BUT 
GENERALLY MY OUTLOOK'S NOT SO BLEAK 
(AND I'M NOT MEEK!) I'M MATERIALIST 
FULL-BLOWN REALIST (PHYSICAL THEORIST) 
AND I GUESS I'M FULL OF DOUBT BUT I'LL 
GLADLY HAVE IT OUT WITH YOU I'M MATERI -
ALIST I AIN'T NO DEIST IT'S THERE FOR ALL TO
SEE SO DON'T SPEAK OF HIDDEN MYSTERIES WITH
ME LIKE ROME UNDER NERO, OUR FUTURE'S ONE
BIG ZERO RECYCLING THE PAST TO MEET EMMEDI -
ATE NEEDS AND THROUGH IT ALL WE RAMBLE 
FORTH TO PRESERVE AND CLIMB OUR MOUNTAINS 
OF REGRET TO SOW OUR SEEDS I'M MATERIALIST!