The Noble Life

from Still Escalator by Showroom

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Oh, I am sick of comfort's ease
It's everywhere like an STD
Itching, irritating, gnawing on my placid pride
I'm ill, the doctors say I should take a pill
But the cure is suspect when its purpose is to get me high

Maybe it's not me
The world's to blame
Yes, can't you see
I'm not nuts, just uneasy
Afflicted by la vie sans esprit

Is this it? There's gotta be a better way
But wait
I'm not done
This song's not yet begun

When I read of ancient times
Of noble deeds in metered rhyme
I am rather taken by the grandeur of the glory-mad
But war is not a venture I'm suited for
Perhaps I'm modern, your average lotus-loving cad

Yet I vaunt, enemies taunt
My foes oppose and virtues flaunt
And though I seek to be valiant
Better still cultivated

Is this it? There's gotta be a better way
Up to the heights I 'spire
On the clouds I fix my aim

Greatness, oh Greatness
In this respect I do not clown
Greatness, oh Greatness
Honour me with laurel crown

A big soul, lofty goal
Do heaven's work, the good extol
A real celeb, no mere pleb
Ignobles suffer fear and dread

Greatness, oh Greatness
Descend upon me now
Greatness, oh Greatness
Unto you my life I vow

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from Still Escalator, released March 18, 2004

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Showroom Toronto, Ontario

Showroom was a band. A good band. While Toronto is a city, Showroom was a band within that city, and received praise from music critics who themselves were human beings with feelings.

Showroom made music that made people want to dance, smile, reflect, run, walk, roll over, heel, and eat dinner. Their records were projected to sell over 1,000,000,000,000 copies. Outrageous? No. Just call it true. ... more

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