Threshold Narcissus lyrics

Narcissus by Threshold

Narcissus lyrics

caught in the headlamp glare of your own blinding vanity 
mesmerised by the stare of your shallow personality 
gorging the junk food of flattery you drag your fat ego around 
everyone floored by the battering you give to whoever's around 

trapped in the personal hell of your own desperate addiction 
frightened that others can tell of your expensive affliction 
with your happiness based on a chemical you wax lyrical with words so profound 
when your indulgence reaches that level it's safest not to be around 

oh narcissus you petulant child admiring yourself in the curve of my eyes 
oh narcissus you angel beguiled unsated by self you do nothing but die 

wrapped in the transparent lies of your desperate situation 
you expound on imaginary ties expecting us to believe them 
in the absence of concrete commitment
you've all the attention that money can buy 
not caring that those who still love you are callously thrown to one side 

oh narcissus you petulant child admiring yourself in the curve of my eyes 
oh narcissus you angel beguiled unsated by self you do nothing but die 
oh narcissus you treacherous child admiring yourself in the curve of my eyes 
oh narcissus you angel beguiled unsated by self you do nothing but die 

hey you dog man whelp of a litter of scavengers 
bolting the flesh of your victims with a ravenous greed 
you work with your siblings up to a point 
'til your ego is sated or your wallet fulfilled 
jealously guarding the bones of your kill 
with a malice that's born out of fear 

running with the pack your defence is to attack 
but i detect you in your stealth because you've rolled in your own filth 
you hope to gain my trust with your cowardly disguise 
whispering such confidences my revulsion to a-wreck 

you call yourself my friend you call yourself my friend 
and when i turn my back your fangs will feel my neck 
what is your domain but a barn where your runts roll in the reek
you would seek to steel my freedom and have branded me a freak
i want nothing of your snarling mongrel strain your smarmy doggerel lies 
and if these words have singed your fur consider yourself a whipped cur

gorging the junk food of flattery you haul your fat ego around 
everyone floored by the battering you give to whoever's around 

oh narcissus you petulant child admiring yourself in the curve of my eyes 
oh narcissus you angel beguiled unsated by self you do nothing but die