more emery

i can't help it-- it's good stuff...

i definitely struggle with materialism, and this song is a good reminder.  while it doesn't always have to be all or nothing, it is a slippery slope in between.  i'm certainly looking forward to the next year as a great experiment to see how i handle life without all those little creature comforts i swear i can't live without.  i'm embracing the challenge, and i'll be doing my best to keep my shopaholic urges under control.  because it's true: in the end, you can't take it with you.

Take a look around  
Where is your hope found?
Is it the ones you love 
Or just your bank account? 
We all want to be 
The people we should never be 
We're trying things we just don't need  

It's a perfect day 
For us to make a change 
Forget about the watered down 
Mistakes that we have made 
And there's a way 
To clear our tainted names 
Just look ahead and don't be scared 
We've got so many choices to make  

Paint the things we don't need 
To impress those we don't know 
Indebted to our own accessories 
We hide behind our own lies 
But the fake dreams, it just can't be 
The only thing we have worth living for