"Aesthetics Anonymous" genre: AAA/Adult Alternative
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	It's about putting on a performance every time you walk outside your door. We forget who we are when we get caught up in our daily activities, and the deeper you get into being 'fake' to other people, the harder it is to get back to yourself.
	CD: Essays on the Human Condition   Label: Self-released Credits: Steve Prouse - lyrics & music
	Story Behind the Song I bartended for two years, and you have to be fake to people you don't like because it's your livlihood. Anytime you're forced to be something you're not time and time again, it gets a little easier to put on that show over and over. Next thing you know, it's harder to be the real you. Lyrics AESTHETICS ANONYMOUS Let this weary mind become so still / to redefine the meaning of what's real / for in my travels onward I've become distant / though everything I touch still has its place / and everystep I take is laid in faith / everyday my actions are that of a strangers / it never was a question of appeal / but the shroud of anonymity started to conceal / what would be the truth from bluer skies / my introspective nature never lets me be / and I refuse to see your greener side / Another day to build a fire / as all my efforts are to thrive under a blackened sky / a cynical duality that has taken on a wanton disregard for sleeping / aesthetically defunct as I can be / with a tawdry sense of happiness for the world to see / because the greens you water are not real / as you have chosen not to turn around and see / everything that really matters / the foliage of feelings that are / bitter / and angry / but you can't breathe / without me / as I've come to / see through / the mountain / inside you... / look at all that you've created / an empty domesticated / fraction of who you really are to pacify opinions that are made by people who / are just as scared as you / Aesthetically defunct and proud to be / a man who will not justify what you claim to be / beautiful for nothing here is real / and so I choose to focus on what I...

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