God Forbid You Go Off Script Lyrics

In your earliest years

They'll tolerate your tears

But you're on borrowed time

You'll need bullet proof glass

When in front of the class

Casting pearls before swine

Because sincerity, sincerity

They'll beat it out of you

Sincerity, Sincerity

They'll beat it out of you

This world so snide

Don't want a look inside

So you better close the drapes

All your poetic tripe

Set that trash alight

And descend the fire escape

Because sincerity, sincerity

They'll beat it out of you

Sincerity, Sincerity

They'll beat it out of you

But may you find yourself

Earnest and elated

At times, be they seldom and few

Cuz even the remnants of sentiment have value

Flippant scoffs and groans

And sarcastic tones

Will barrage past your lips

Scantily fortified

With such brittle pride

God forbid you go off script

Because sincerity, sincerity

They'll beat it out of you

Sincerity, Sincerity

They'll beat it out of you

But may you find yourself

Earnest and elated

At times, be they seldom and few

Cuz even the remnants of sentiment have value

They say the truth shall reveal itself when you're jaded and older

That beauty lives and dies in the eyes of beholders

That it's corruptive, corrosive and a curse on your health

Better keep it locked up, keys tossed down a well

They'll be trivializing the helm that you're manning

They'll be stomping out all of the embers you're fanning

They'll be siphoning your spirit and serving you the swill

So if you're gonna fight 'em, prepare to die on that hill

When the heavens seem so deafened you're tempted to unplug

And apathy's abundant and abused like a drug

May the hour be nigh for you to lean into will

Cuz the best of men have always lived and died on that hill