TinMan

You’re insane to be happy
So I must bring you down
Your smile, it attacks me
So with me you must frown
Your success is a threat
To the chains that I’m bound
I cannot fly with you
So we’ll both hit the ground

If I cannot be
Then none of us will
If I can’t believe
Then your faith I shall kill
If I can’t receive
Don’t expect to be filled
If my way’s not easy
Then yours must be uphill

If I cannot have it
Then you’ll possess lack
I did it the hard way
So I’ll cut you no slack
Whatever I give you
You’ve got to give back
‘Cause if you aren’t of value
I don’t owe you jack

This world’s about me
And all in it is mine
And you might have problems
But I pay them no mind
‘Cause I’m helping myself
So I don’t have the time
To hear anyone else
Give a yelp or a whine

For “I” am the center
And with “me” you’re stuck
And try as you might
I will not give “you” up
“We” are in this together
So to “us,” best of luck
If within lies our treasure
Moth and rust doth corrupt