There's signs posted all around Take heed to the underworld Sit back and relax as the plot unfolds What you don't expect unfurls You left your dignity At the hands of the tip of your pen Make something out of nothing See what you're left with then So let down, so frustrated If you're looking to be loved You're asking to be hated Bound to the links, links of the chains Bored sick of this episode of shame How I've missed your blacklist Beware of the unknown stranger It's the price I pay, it's where I'll stay You don't know me How I've missed your blacklist Beware of present danger It's the price I pay, it's where I'll stay You don't know me at all No stranger to scrutiny Partisan to the criticized How's that blacklist coming? Cross your t's, dot your i's In the presence of all this wealth A rash of moral poverty Throw my beliefs under your microscope Try to find what the eye can't see So let down, so frustrated If you're looking to be loved You're asking to be hated Bound to the links, links of the chains Bored sick of this episode of shame Here's a list of all your punishments One for every good deed Pessimists make great activists With built in enmity The luxury of slander Depends on who you trust When your theories go up in smoke Ash to ash, dust to dust