Art Is Dead
by Bo Burnham

Art is dead x 4

Entertainers like to seem complicated
But were not complicated
I can explain it pretty easily,
Have you ever been to a birthday party
for children? One of the children
wont stop screaming.
Cuz he's just a little attention attractor,
when he grows up to be a comic or actor,
he'll be rewarded for never maturing,
for never understanding or learning
that every day can't be about him,
theres other people you selfish asshole!

I must be psycotic,
I must be demented,
to think that im worthy of all this attention,
of all of this money you worked really hard for.
I just get laid while you work at the drug store
I love attention, i am an addict,
but i get paid to endulgen my habit.
Its all an illusion,
im wearing makeup, im wearing makeup,
makeup, makeup, makeup!

Art is dead
So people think your funny,
how do we get those people's money?
Art is dead
I say were rolling in dough
while Carlen rolls in his grave. grave

The show has got a budget,
The show has got a budget,
and all the poor people way more deserving
of the money wont budge it
Cuz i wanted my name in lights
when i could have fed a family of 4
for fourty-fucking-four nights
fourty-fucking-four nights

I am an artist,
please god forgive me,
i am an artist,
please dont revere me,
I am an artist,
please don't respect me,
i am an artist,
don't read and correct me

A slef-centered artist,
self-obsessed artist,
I am an artist,
I am an artist,
I am an artist,
please god forgive me,
I am an artist,
but im just a kid,
im just a kid
uuhhhhuh,
Mabye ill grow out of it.
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Lyrics submitted by Kyle.