Waves of promise   are spilling over   out of the cauldron that    you once spoke from   now your words have   become a jukebox   the songs recycled    you beg for quarters    but I can't hear you   you're too loud for me   and when you whisper, well   you just bore me   but just keep talking    I need the company   and maybe someday   I'll tell you just what you've become      But you'll never love what you become   'cause you can't love what you once hated,    you'll never love what you become      You say you're straight    as a brick wall   and your intentions    are pure as snowfall   but I see your eyes   and they're as crooked    as a city skyline,   you wrote the book on it   I've been reading and    I've been turning    these scattered pages   and I've been learning that    what comes down to just   a few seconds can   make the difference    between what you are and what you'll become      But you'll never love what you become   'cause you can't love what you once hated,    you'll never love what you become      First impressions are   always lasting and    my life's movie is    always casting so   pick your new role   as an extra and    earn your paycheck,   just fucking stay there and   Maybe one day   we'll both look back at this   and then I'll say    what a good friend you've been   If that's the case it's   such a disgrace   to hear myself say that   I really hate what I've become       But you'll never love what you become   'cause you can't love what you once hated,    you'll never love what you become