The Starving Artist, new song Options

[femmefatale4160]

I just wrote this song last night to get out some feelings that I've been bottling up. I'm really sensitive about letting people read my work, but I'd really like to know what you all think. Be honest. Oh, and it still needs a hook, but this is what I have so far.

I am the starving artist
It’s no way to live
But I’ll take what I can get
‘til I learn to forgive
When the poet and musician
turn their backs on me
Just smile for the cameras
Pretend like I don’t see
f**k the lying hypocrites
Suck it up and smile
The Man has what I want and need
He’ll make it worth my while
Tell me I’m not selling out
Tell me it’s okay
Tell me that if you were in
my place, you’d do the same.

Show no fear, show no tears
and someday I can disappear

Chorus:
I won’t hide myself anymore
I’ve made a big mistake
I should have known I’d be set up
so I’d fall on my face
A shadow of my former self
I hope I’m not condemned
I’ll show the world a brave facade
like I’m still close to them.

So these are their true colors
They’re not a pretty sight
Can’t say that I blame the girls
for locking them up tight
They’re rotten to their core
And so am I, they say.
When light is dark and dark is light
Then they can have their way.
They haven’t won the battle
They haven’t won the war
And I’ll be damned if I
let dirt like them reverse the score
I’ll keep it looking friendly
the act works like a gem
And now it’s up to me to decide
What to do with them

Chorus