Fuck you, Carrot!

That's right. I fucking hate the carrot. It just dangles there in front of me, never any closer despite it's whispered promises and veiled insinuations. Beta-carotene temptress, I confound you!

Every morning we wake to follow the races and pay out the gains as the song so succinctly says. Every day it's the same parade of manure with no seeming end in sight. Dreams to follow, sullied and trampled in the dirt. We keep them alive but it's hard to clean them off and continue to labor on them. We are pathetic and yet strive for greatness on a daily basis, struggling through self-loathing that can only come from honest artistic vision.

Fuck you, Carrot! The only satisfaction I have is that if one day, by some ironic twist of fate I actually catch you, I'll eat you and excrete you. That's right, you pompous, supercilious bastard!

*SIGH* I hate you, Carrot.


Someone Else - Queensryche

When I fell from grace I never realized
How deep the flood was around me
A man whose life was toil was like a kettle left to boil
And the water left these scars on me

The chains I wore were mine, dragging me towards my fate
Planned for me long ago

I played by all their rules, went to their right schools

Who was I to question?

They used to say I was nowhere man
Heading down was my destiny
But yesterday I swear that was
Someone Else not me

Here I stand at the crossroad's edge
Afraid to reach out for eternity
One step when I look down
I see someone else, not me

I know now who I am, if only for awhile
I recognize the changes
I feel like I did, before the magic wore thin
And the baptism of stains began

Sacrifice, the always say... is a sign of nobility
But where does one draw the line in the face of injury?
I'm just trying to understand

Standing here at the crossroad's edge
Looking down at what I used to be
A drowning man, trying to stay afloat
Heavy with the past, but somehow keeping hope
That there's something more that is seen
But it's somewhere out of reach

So I keep looking back
Looking back and I see someone else

All my life they said I was going down
But I'm still standing stronger proud

And today I know, there's so much more I can be
I think I finally understand

From where I stand at the crossroad's edge
There's a path leading out to sea
And from somewhere deep in my mind
Sirens sing out loud, songs of doubt, as only they know how
But one glance back reminds and I see
Someone Else, not me.

I keep looking back at Someone Else... me?