Fading Into Obscurity Lyrics - Sloan

So many stories I could tell 

I had the world under my spell 

Does this even ring a bell? 

I wonder because 

Don't you know who I was? 

Interest in me dissipated 

All my methods antiquated 

I've been cast away 

Lost and friendless today 

I made a name for myself 

When one could do such a thing 

A reputation that's held 

Together by string 

And so I chose to cherish those 

Who think there's some purity 

To fading into obscurity 

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What works on paper 

Has the tendency to ride on vapor 

Sometimes what's not to love 

But then other times what's to like 

I'm unable to tell if I know who I am 

A modest success a shill or a sham 

I'm not a afraid of what I've made 

But my trajectory 

Has me fading into obscurity 

You kids'll have to fend for yourselves 

Because your mother's gone and asked for the elves 

Who used to do all the work around here 

Well they're not gonna do it anymore 

You kids can kiss your mother goodbye 

And I'll give you twenty minutes to cry 

She used to do all the work around here 

But she's not gonna do it anymore 

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And you're getting to old to be cared for by me 

And for that matter 

This cake is baked but I much prefer the batter 

Perhaps in part because it had so much potential 

To be delicious and still be influential 

I'm undecided 

If the evidence that I have provided 

Explains what I mean 

It's too late now 'cause I can't see or be seen 

And I know you don't shrug through my tears 

So I'm not gonna shed 'em anymore 

Out of favor with the flavor of the week's where I'll be 

And fading into obscurity 

An outsider but in good company 

Oh yeah 

I'm fading into obscurity 

I'm undecided