Inherit Nothing

Little boy blue
Don't you play too rough with your new toy
If you touch her, she'll break
And her blood is so annoying
Don't you like to watch
Much like a shadow lost in the shade?
Make her, you'll unmake her
But you'd rather be unmade

It's not my place to interfere, my dear
Will you embrace me and erase my fear?
Wipe me out like a stain
With a grin I will hang from your string
And by your judgment of my merit I'll inherit nothing

Nothing is what I deserve
Nothing is what I have earned
If nothing is what you have chosen to give me
Then nothing is for what I yearn
Nothing lasts forever, nothing really matters
Nothing never breaks, busts, bends, rusts, upends or shatters

I've never had a weakness
That couldn't be destroyed
And I've never had a sinful thought
That couldn't be avoided
Control your temper, control your language
Or anguish in languid soul
It's what you were born to do
But you'd rather be controlled

I just presumed that you'd refuse me
Excuse this common fool his crudity
Break this wild horse, I will not fight
'Cause of course I would win (of course I would win)
And I'd much rather give in
And bare it all 'till I inheret nothing

Nothing is what I deserve
Nothing is what I have earned
If nothing is what you have chosen to give me
Then nothing is for what I yearn
Nothing lasts forever, nothing really matters
Nothing never breaks, busts, bends, rusts, upends or shatters

I must obey the order, for I've order to restore
Each circuit sends a signal
To the process in the core
And if none of this means anything
Then what's my anger for?
I'd rather be most anything
The dirt under your heel my king
A peasant or a pauper
Or a knight in shining armor
What's required of your noble steed?
Through your direction I am freed
And neigh I say, I won't stand in the way
Of what you have decreed for

Nothing is what I deserve
Nothing is what I have earned
If nothing is what you have chosen to give me
Then nothing is for what I yearn
Nothing lasts forever, nothing really matters
Nothing never breaks and nothing never shatters