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I live in a gilded age

With diamond eyes, in this life I engage

I am golden, the world is my stage

Never will I slave for a minimum wage

Born into the world in a tower of gold

Unknown to be infected with a disease of old

Gluttony and greed

Deadly sins indeed

With silver spoon he consumes more than most

The world is a party of which he is the host

I live in a gilded age

With diamond eyes, in this life I engage

I am golden, the world is my stage

Never will I slave for a minimum wage

Slowly but surely the infection kicks in

Terminal patient of more than enough sin

A cancer of mind and soul within

Those diamonds weren’t forever

That life was a foolish endeavor

Trapped inside a prison of his own construction

He has to live now with his own self destruction

You lived in a gilded age

The diamonds fueled your corruption and rage

Broken are they are now and you have fallen from your stage

And you must live in the gilded cage