LEX the Lexicon Artist - Alter Ego lyrics

If they asked me whether Lex is
Just a character I couldn’t say
Elements of truth exaggerated maybe
Who’s to say roots that only users
Aggregated could communicate

I’m the kind like layers in a
Pie like Dr horrible said
I’m the top and bottom layers
Waging war in my head
With the center maintaining level that’s
The one in my bed
And at the store and with my parents
Not the one that you’ve met

Unless you’ve seen me in action
And that’s as real as the other
That’s the one that I keep at
A distance still from my mother
Though I discovered it quite young
Hiding it under covers


I’m finally old enough to be
Flying my ugly colors

That’s the one you watch and listen to
It’s critical to see
Both and all of them are aspects
That are integral to me
I’m not a switch you flip on and off
It isn’t so simple
My spirit's live in a body they
Wish would split down the middle

The part of me you see
Is not the one true me
Oh all the things we know
I’ll never let me go

The part of me you see
Is not the one true me
Oh all the things we know
I’ll never let me go
My alter ego

If I could make a clone to
Be the nice and boring me
I would send her off to
Lead a life of normalcy
Schemes they have in store for me
She’d see to them accordingly
As making all my family happy is her priority

Normally with clones
People seek to do some sordid things
Like skydive, do a bunch of
Drugs, maybe fuck your clone
That sorta thing
Maybe forcing them all to be organ donors
Sustaining you as an immortal being
If you’re wondering "what shouldn’t
We do to clones?"
Well I think I just answered rhetorically

Is it morally right to make a
Clone to leave me alone
And have a stable job and home
And maybe kids of her own
A happy daughter whose parents will
Make their happiness known
About her life, her spouse, her choices
And the path that she chose

And they’d be happy
I’d be happy they can have
What I want them to
Send my love with Alter Alex while
I do what I wanna do
Cause I wiped her memory clean
She’ll never know her creator
Though if she did she’d be resentful of
The person who made her

The part of me you see
Is not the one true me
Oh all the things we know
I’ll never let me go

The part of me you see
Is not the one true me
Oh all the things we know
I’ll never let me go
My alter ego

That old performer duality, I embody it
I got the me that I put up before an audience
Then I've got the version of me that
I share with parents and partners
But even that me is just
Another suit of armor

If the average bear is slipping
In and out of disguises
Then I wear a mask under
A balaclava tucked inside of
A motorcycle helmet in a block of ice frozen
In a barrel in concrete
Buried beneath the ocean

On stage I posture like I'm
Darth Vader and make noise
In real life I'm more like
Anakin but Jake Lloyd
Giving the stiffest delivery of
A shittily written script
Disappointing the critics then disappearing
To quit and split

Back to my secret lair protected
By a dozen walls with egos inside of egos
Nested like Russian dolls
So save your coin toss 'cause
It won't reveal a thing
It's best to pick a card and guess
Which one of me that I'll bring

The part of me you see
Is not the one true me
Oh all the things we know
I’ll never let me go

The part of me you see
Is not the one true me
Oh all the things we know
I’ll never let me go
My alter ego

The part of me you see
Is not the one true me
Oh all the things we know
I’ll never let me go

The part of me you see
Is not the one true me
Oh all the things we know
I’ll never let me go
My alter ego