A Pretentious Man
If I fail during my lifetime
At least there's hope I'll succeed after death
Like how Van Gogh didn't sell a painting
Until he drew his final breath
And maybe my fame
Will exceed all expectations
Memorialised by the National Trust
Such is the strength of my observations
But if my home becomes a museum
I hope they don't get it wrong
And they recreate it perfectly
So people see me just as I was
If the curator is well-researched
That would suit me just fine
But if the curator is a teenager
With no knowledge of my time
They might Google "culture of the 2010s"
The images hit the screen
And they might take those results as read
What a terrible misunderstanding
Don't replace my Bill Hicks poster
With a Live Laugh Love picture frame
And don't fill the space left by William Burroughs
With a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey
I want to be remembered
For who I was, not who I might have been
But right now I'm still living, unsuccessful
And it's Wednesday, time to take out the bins
At least there's hope I'll succeed after death
Like how Van Gogh didn't sell a painting
Until he drew his final breath
And maybe my fame
Will exceed all expectations
Memorialised by the National Trust
Such is the strength of my observations
But if my home becomes a museum
I hope they don't get it wrong
And they recreate it perfectly
So people see me just as I was
If the curator is well-researched
That would suit me just fine
But if the curator is a teenager
With no knowledge of my time
They might Google "culture of the 2010s"
The images hit the screen
And they might take those results as read
What a terrible misunderstanding
Don't replace my Bill Hicks poster
With a Live Laugh Love picture frame
And don't fill the space left by William Burroughs
With a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey
I want to be remembered
For who I was, not who I might have been
But right now I'm still living, unsuccessful
And it's Wednesday, time to take out the bins
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Writer(s): Lewis Young
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