Buffy Lyrics - Singles - Burnt By The Sun

This is ludicrous speed, what's here and now 

And intended to be clear to the senses passes as a blur 

Obsession, desire, desire, obsession, I know the answer 

Inside is fighting the image of beauty and security 

I can hear it gnawing at my consciousness 

In the background, groveling, unnerving, yet deaf 

To nonsensical ears, I fear why I desire, I understand 

How this all works and yet I'm still fixated 

Saturday nights are just the start, a day or two 

Into the week and I'm half way back, by the time I get home 

I'm back there again, I am completely aware 

And yet somehow I'm forced to the margins 

Bench warming and there seems little chance of me 

Getting out alive, a person no more, I watch and I watch 

Absurd recap, a person no more and it feels so good it hurts 

I watch again, recapitulation, worn down 

This is not where I want to be, unfamiliar mirrors 

I wonder what has become of my life 

The gaps in our lives seem to be so easily replenished 

With the products of our imagination, allowing ourselves to believe 

That the touched up digital images of perfection are real 

And set the standard for beauty and truth within ourselves 

But such things tend to leave a person more lonely 

Than she was to start with as the bombardment of these images 

Through entertainment and advertisements remove us 

Even more from the rawness of life