First I drank insecticide   A little more each day   Followed by dirty and sugary food   Grown where the light was gray      Later my thoughts were small and sharp   Adapted to their purpose   To extract the fuel from fat   Under the lovely surface      'Cause nothing beautiful   Nothing beautiful lasts      Moved to a ghost town for inspiration   I could start where they'd given up   Feed on the seed of the dreams people left   Out to rot when the going got tough      Cockroaches turn adversity to immunity   There ain't a niche lower   In the animal kingdom   Or one with more longevity      'Cause nothing beautiful   Nothing beautiful lasts      Easier to deny what is real   And what's solid and what you can see   If you bulldoze the bankrupted buildings   Failure's the dust that settles on the trees      'Cause nothing beautiful   Nothing beautiful lasts