Some decisions should never be made

Ah!

Ah!

Sitting on my sofa sipping lemonade

Across the TV, a familiar image played

It was me up on the screen, I'm staring in a daze (Ooh)

I looked right at myself and myself asked me, "Can we trade?" (Ooh)

I jumped up to my feet while questioning, "What's in this drink?"

Ran to the kitchen, poured the rest of it down in the sink

Am I hallucinating? I don't even mess with shrooms

I tried to turn it off, but it was on in every room

Grabbed the remote and started mashing buttons in a scramble

The same visual of me was seen on every channel

I chose to gather my composure in the fastest way

I sat down on the couch to hear what myself had to say

He said, "Your life the way it stands can be much better, man

Let me expand thy riches with a different set of plans

I can craft a world of excess with these clever hands

Just let me out, I'll make us greater than you ever can"

His tone convinced me I'd be dry for life if I denied it

Threw caution to the wind, might work if I decide to try it

He said, "We'll switch spots for a month, your life will be very active

I'll make fantastic moves and improve it in every facet"

I said, "How do we make the transfer?" He said, "Smooth and peaceful

Into the TV, and in thirty days I'll come release you

When I return, you'll see the many ways that I've increased you

The daily work you do will cease 'cause you'll no longer need to"

The greed took over me, my flesh dissolved, my mind careened

In seconds he was on my couch and I was behind the screen

My mood was real relaxed, I can't believe how calm this place is

Prepared to wait in here in patience as I lay in stasis

Meanwhile, the other me was in my world as my accomplice

True to his word, he started doing all the things he promised

He made the obstacles look easy that for me were hardest

And every move he made in business and in life was flawless

By the first week, all my income he invested right

The second week he was married to a successful wife

He made an album that went platinum on the second night

By the third week, man, I was financially set for life

He went to former friends and ended any past resentment

And every bad relationship I ever had was mended

All under this identical resemblance as intended

While I was in the television and my path suspended

On the last day of the fourth week of this arrangement

I heard the door open and close, I started feeling anxious

He sat on the couch and showed me all he'd done to boost my status

Hard to imagine one month prior I was viewed as average

A brand new home was owned and in my name, equipped and lavish

Gathered connections, friends with influence and well established

I filled with gladness and prepared to come back decorated

Ready to face real life again and re-accept my placement

But seconds later I had noticed he had hesitated (What's up?)

I braced and waited for the transfer, but he never made it

I said, "Don't entertain me, man, erase it, bro, stop playing"

He said, "There's been a change, I came to let you know I'm staying

I gave my word to do this deal and truly planned to keep it

But once I felt the way that living feels, I can't just leave it"

I felt deceived and then defeated, screaming spitefully

"How could you do this when you said you built this life for me?"

"I was a digital illusion in this place I was

I never knew the taste of food, laughter, and making love"

I said, "But still, you can't confine me to this lonely place, G

The minutes feel like days, the redundancy will drive me crazy"

I said, "How long will I be here?" He said, "An endless number"

He said, "You'll feel emotion still, but never pain or hunger"

Now every day that passes by, he tortures me in spots

Living my life in my world and forcing me to watch

Why did I try to take a shortcut for the lust of wealth? (Why?)

I should've stayed the way I was and built it up myself

See, greed suppresses acts of love, my friend, and that's the drug

He said, "You should have been more grateful"—then he snatched the plug