But They Respect My Tactics

I don't want to become that Just a Lesser version of what you once were All the while It feels so painfully Arbitrary I've got Nothing worthwhile to say And you've got No reason to listen Whatever gets you talking more We're trying to keep you engaged With the platform Whatever gets you talking more We're trying to keep you engaged With the platform But this is my story So I'll narrate myself as whatever I want to Hero, victim Victim, hero I'm just trying to keep Myself from drowning No valuable lesson learned Only loss Drag me deeper Strip away everything I hold All of your failures Condensed, removed, controlled Whatever gets you talking more We're trying to keep you engaged With the platform Whatever gets you talking more We're trying to keep you engaged With the platform All grow frail and die No power lasts Success is fleeting Existence, temporary