Nothing Beautiful Lyrics - Odds

First I drank insecticide 

A little more each day 

Followed by dirty and sugary food 

Grown where the light was gray 

Later my thoughts were small and sharp 

Adapted to their purpose 

To extract the fuel from fat 

Under the lovely surface 

'Cause nothing beautiful 

Nothing beautiful lasts 

Moved to a ghost town for inspiration 

I could start where they'd given up 

Feed on the seed of the dreams people left 

Out to rot when the going got tough 

Cockroaches turn adversity to immunity 

There ain't a niche lower 

In the animal kingdom 

Or one with more longevity 

'Cause nothing beautiful 

Nothing beautiful lasts 

Easier to deny what is real 

And what's solid and what you can see 

If you bulldoze the bankrupted buildings 

Failure's the dust that settles on the trees 

'Cause nothing beautiful 

Nothing beautiful lasts