Smart kid, cool,
Toilet-brush hair and a mean smile
Hiding thin words and weakly jabbing needle thoughts -
This is a Nothing loud in his espousal of Right and Wrong -
WRONG to wear those shoes,
WRONG to drive that car,
RIGHT to have that hairstyle,
RIGHT to own that gadget.
Cool kid, Empty kid, Nothing kid,
Doomed for a life of chasing the breeze
Wherever it blows,
The smart car, the Executive House
(Box)
On a grimy new-build estate,
The Divorce,
The pub and social club,
The empty life leading nowhere …
The street-smart, cool kid who knows EXACTLY what’s Right and what’s Wrong and who’s doomed to chase fashion and emptiness and conformity to the ultimate Executive House on a newbuild estate …
