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Imposter Syndrome

from Cultural Thrift by Ashley Reaks and Joe Hakim

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lyrics

Bleating like sheep,
repeating the same old tired shit
over and over again.
Like a washed up nightclub singer
gone insane from
repeatedly doing the same requests,
beating on your chests
in a rhythm I’ve heard
a thousand times before;

and it was boring the first time
I heard it,
and it’s still boring now,
watching as you plough
the same patch of
barren earth,
a dearth of new ideas
as your fears become
a reality,
as you kiss goodbye to
any hope of originality
in your
desperate scramble for notoriety.

Thinking you’re some kind of
aristocracy,
sycophantic royalty,
your piety sickens me –
every time you
open your mouth it’s like
a school kid reading out an
essay on Marxist theory.

I respond with ferocity;
it might not be pretty
but at least it’s from the gut –
I’m put my money where my
mouth is,
the words burning
as they pour out
like a toxic waste spill
that kills
the local wildlife.

So stick another knife
in my back,
continue your
journey down a
well-beaten track –
the easiest one you can find.

I’m sure
in your own minds
you’re up there
with someone like
Joe Strummer
or John Cooper Clarke,
but in reality
you’re just stumbling around
in the dark
trying to put parts together
that just don’t fit,
your democracy is actually
a dictatorship,

an opportunity to roll out
your ‘greatest hits’,
over-inflated past glories,
incoherent politics and stories
designed to make you
appear unique,
raise you to the status of legend
within your own little clique –
the same people you hang out with,
the ones who are
always
there when you speak.

So I’m leaving you to it;
your lame quest
to turn literary rags
into riches,
a bunch of snivelling snitches
so far up each other’s arse
you’re practically
prison bitches.

credits

from Cultural Thrift, released September 16, 2015
Ashley Reaks - bass, guitar, keyboards
Joe Hakim - vocals
Maria Jardardottir - vocals
Dave Kemp - saxophones
Nick Dunne - guitar solo

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Ashley Reaks Harrogate, UK

Genre-hopping musician and collage artist.


"an incomparable talent and a true original, a man who often borders on genius" - Louder Than War (UK)

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