To Strive

The fame
The fortune
The rise to the top

The fall
The fade
The inevitable flop

Lived on the bottom
Strived every second
Networked their world
Just to cut that first record

Soaked it all in
Now real rock stars
Lost sight and direction
Their end was not far

All the shows
All the drugs
All the pleasure you want

All the depression
All the withdrawls
All the fans that will haunt

Every girl wants you
Every guy wants to be you
You must live the life
They dream but can't have

More show
More appearance
Less time for what's real

Less music
Less inspiration
More influenced by deal

The life that we want
The life that they've got
The life that will kill
If they fear it or not

If the sex, drugs, and age
Don't put them all down
Their music will fade
You won't know they're around

When the 80's trailed off
The hair bands all died
When alt grunge faded out
Spears pop came alive

Who's the next superstar
For four years or less
Does the music even matter
Or is it the size of the chest

Eye candy now
We want who is hot
Like puppetmasters and pimps
Execs fill the spots

Rising and falling
A whirlwind of dreams
Is it all worth it
It's not what it seems