Film School Prodigy

Top of the class at film school (Master of my craft!) Imitated Kubrick precisely! Impressed all of the faculty staff! I've seen every movie Written essays about everything So how come I'm stuck here Working at a freakin' Burger King!!!!? Do You Understand My Genius!!? Do You Understand Who I am!!!? (Treat me like royalty!) (I'm a Film School Prodigy!) I have studied the arts of Fellini Antonioni is my soul mate I refuse to watch films on my TV And Shawshank isn’t all that great... I rate every black-and-white film on Letterboxd a 5 out of 5! Stop watching Marvel crap! Don’t you see!? You’re part of a hive!! My screenplay’s a masterpiece Just you wait and see! It's a twelve-hour epic, Filmed upside down and shot in 4:3! (You wouldn’t get it) I’m flipping these patties with cinematic flair Framing each bun like it’s auteur affair But my boss, a Michael Bay-level hack, Yells: "Quit the drama, just flip 'em fast!" Do You Understand My Genius!!? Do You Understand Who I am!!!? (Treat me like royalty!) (I'm a Film School Prodigy!) A customer walked in with a Star Wars shirt I couldn’t help myself Bro, I spat in the dirt! You think that's cinema? What a disgrace! Try 'The Last Starship' from South Korea’s golden age! 1988, a sci-fi gem you’ve never seen! (and wouldn't understand!) I could never date a girl who doesn’t see The raw, visceral brilliance of Gaspar Noé’s artistry If she puked during Climax or squirmed at Irreversible It’s clear her taste in cinema is just… irredeemable! (Want more fries with that..?) Do You Understand My Genius!!? Do You Understand Who I am!!!? (Treat me like royalty!) (I am a film school prodigy!) My old classmates now work in the industry They’d rave about Tarkovsky, but still enjoy Endgame with glee! They’ve sold their souls to spectacle, abandoned all depth I refuse to speak to them! they’re dumb and bereft! How can you call yourself an artist and cheer at CGI explosions? True cinema’s dead, It's been replaced by cheap emotions! I am the only genius I see!!!! (And I only see me!!!) Do You Understand My Genius!!? Do You Understand Who I am!!!? (Treat me like royalty!) (I'm a Film School Prodigy!) (We're out of ketchup, I'm afraid...) Yeah, treat me like royalty... I once was a prodigy As I'm wiping these floors Of your plebian mustard stains I am the one true intellectual The only one who remains...