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Keeping Up Appearances

by art.dmg

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Are we live?
Is this on?
Did you read my weekly blog?
Can we have a dialog?
I just need to hear me talk

Counting steps, socialized
Only if you’re recognized
Honesty, integrity
Subsidiary to pleasantry

Say you care, you hypocrite
Your concern is counterfeit
Sell yourself through self-deceit
Self-absorbed with self-esteem

Why aren’t things as they seem
Where our worth is calculated by our deeds?
Don’t be deceived
You’ll be redeemed
What matters more than how you see is how you’re seen

Na na na…

Instead of hyping your career
Would you like to volunteer?
Aren’t you afraid you’ll disappear
If you’re perceived as insincere?

Judge a book by its cover
How will they feel when they discover
Appearances are all you love?
You have no room for another

If you pledge a big donation
You expect a commendation
Always with the expectation
Of optics of congratulations

Why aren’t things as they seem
Where our worth is calculated by our deeds?
Don’t be deceived
You’ll be redeemed
What matters more than how you see is how you’re seen

Na na na…

Read the room between the lines
Can’t you see the warning signs?
Dress yourself up to the nines
Solipsistic borderline

It’s like your main motivation
Is misguided self-salvation
Never expect approbation
A blind spot in your self-narration

Especially when you’re faking it
You assume you’re making it
But you’re so oblivious
That you’ve become a narcissist

Why aren’t things as they seem
Where our worth is calculated by our deeds?
Don’t be deceived
You’ll be redeemed
What matters more than how you see is how you’re seen

What matters more than how you see is how you’re seen

What matters more than how you see is how you’re seen

What matters more than how you see is how you’re seen

What matters more than how you see is how you’re seen

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released September 13, 2023
Written by George Fox, published by The Krill Building, ASCAP. Mixed and mastered by Jarrett Nicolay at Mixtape Studios.

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Photo by Ray Macdonald.

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