They Told Me ft. Deacon The Villain

[Kno - V1] 
(they told me) it might take my whole life 
to absorb what was right 
or ignore it to fight 
for these whores in these tights 
or these boardroom types telling me that I might 
need to pour my whole life 
into chores I dislike 
for the right to recite 
how much money that I got 
How much money that I'm not 
gonna make 
if I take 
leap of faith 
Will I make 
decent wage? 
Prolly not 
but I'm not 
gonna stop 
Gonna do it for my pops 
til they choke me off with a knot 
and pop me off in a box 
And drop me off at a plot 
And top me off with a rock 
My body is gonna rot 

(they told me) that I'll soon see the light 
if I like it or not 
Thats the icing on top of the birthday cake that is baked 
For a tot 
so he's taught 
to count the days til he drops 

[Deacon The Villain - V2] 
(they told me) not to fear living for eternity 
but, not even Heaven seemed pleasant it was burning me 
raised with peasants in the crescents we were shadows 
when reality television was watching adults 
and, throughout the comedy was drama and alot of pain 
and that sentence it would run on 'til the comma came 
until the eulogy and usually my mama sang 
about the pheasants and presence we no longer claim 
(they told me) that Heaven is forever 
but at times I'd find myself thinkin' I'd rather never 
lived, I mean, my life was like a dream 
I had everything I wanted but, that ain't all it seems 
for... all the time in the world 
live eternal in inferno or in Eden with the squirrels 
no brainer, it's that, I was feeling like Lestat, 
and the thought of forevermore was feeling like a trap 
all it brought, was more of the same, people in flames 
a reality television channel that never changes 
lost in the confusion of 7 billion strangers 
scared to hope Heaven won't have a touch of the same