Sell the dream

[Intro – Chanted, Overlapping Voices] Sell the dream, sell the dream, sell the dream (ha!) Cash it in, cash it in, cash it in (ah!) Body’s cheap, body’s cheap, body’s cheap (woo!) Hollywood baby, eat what you eat! [Verse 1] Coke-white smile on a billboard sign, Rent’s past due but I look divine. Pop another pill, don’t care what it means, I’m the patron saint of your fever dreams. Shaking hands with a predator grin, “Sweetheart, the contract’s inked in sin.” They clap, they cheer, I choke, I scream— But babe, that’s the price to sell the dream. [Pre-Chorus] Flashbulbs blind, can’t see straight, Heartbeat racing like a first date. Hollywood panic, serotonin crash— Kiss the cameras, babe, and spend that cash! [Chorus] Sell the dream (sell the dream!), ride the high (ride the high!) Let them own you ‘til the day you die. Shake that ass, baby, break that screen, It’s a panic attack in a limousine! Sell the dream (sell the dream!), bleed it dry (bleed it dry!) Every “yes” is another “goodbye.” Hollywood loves when you fall to your knees— So smile, sweetheart, sell the dream. [Verse 2] Strip down morals for a prime-time slot, A thousand hands on what you’ve got. Liquor in the veins, lies in the seams, Who needs therapy when you’ve got streams? They’ll eat you raw with a diamond fork, Chew through your veins like it’s dinner in New York. Fake orgasms, glitter, and Vaseline— Guess that’s the taste of sell the dream. [Bridge – Half-sung, Half-shouted] Tick-tick-tock—heart on a clock! Can’t stop moving ‘cause the floor might drop! High as the hills, low as the fiends, Hollywood heaven built on broken machines! [Chorus] Sell the dream (sell the dream!), ride the high (ride the high!) Let them own you ‘til the day you die. Shake that ass, baby, break that screen, It’s a panic attack in a limousine! Sell the dream (sell the dream!), bleed it dry (bleed it dry!) Every “yes” is another “goodbye.” Hollywood loves when you fall to your knees— So smile, sweetheart, sell the dream. [Outro – Fading, Choppy, Almost Breathless] Sell it—sell it—sell it—(dream!) Drink it—snort it—fuck it—(scream!) Hollywood baby—Hollywood fiend I’m dying pretty just to sell the dream.