"Obstreperous" lyrics

Those who indulge in their vices will see
How sickening a carousel's cycle can be
We'll go up, down, around on this ride 'til we're gray
All children aboard sit still and obey

If youth is wasted on the young in frivolous fantasies
Then why, as we age, do we try to escape from our empty realities?

Couldn't have dreamt of the perfecter premises
To descend on like a petulant pestilence
Set upon this spiral, I'm the one makin' heads spin
A child of an underestimated dimension
In a sea of degenerates who need to reflect
I'm the mirror's emissary and I see your regrets
Forget amends, I'll make a mess, you'll wonder "When will it be over?"
Just like a little nightmare, I am ever so—

Obstreperous with every step I take
Treacherous, and defiant in the face of
Your decadence, it's a plentiful life
For the fanciful type with a devilish mind
Obstreperous, such insolence, it's
So incredulous, limitless imagination
I'm the cleverest, no obstacle ever did
Stop an obstreperous child

I won't be set in stone by oppressive views
If there are cracks in your logic, I'll be slippin' through
Let my mind get acclimated to the madness
Then unpack the power that once was my baggage
I can take a trauma, turn it into fuel
So hungry for another that I've begun to drool
No matter what, I keep my mask up, ask how I came to be
Did you have a nightmare? No, the nightmare had me

Obstreperous, such a brat, the audacity
Measureless, I persist in the system
Of malevolence, little rebels uprise
Doesn't matter the size of a devil disguised
Obstreperous, a cacophony wrought
With irreverence, if it's submission you seek
I'm your nemesis, no precaution could prepare you
To cross an obstreperous child

There's nowhere like Neverland
Can Lost Boys grow into better men?
To become someone new
Who are you leaving behind?
Like a dream where you're watching yourself
See your skin upon somebody else
Though no longer your own, now you are not alone
Don't atone for your sins, they are mine
I'll let nobody keep us in line
No innocence lost because it was tossed
Another piece of rubbish wasn't worth what it cost
Have you ever had a candy so terribly sweet
That it sickened your stomach and rotted your teeth?
What made me a monster took a lot of time
I wouldn't be controlled, couldn't be confined
All my individuality, unidentified
It was stole when they told me I'm, in a word, "Defined"

Obstreperous, and I'm finding my vibe
Has a resonance, let us into your head
It's our residence, like a toxin, infestin' your thoughts
I'm a pest, and the kind that never rests
Obstreperous, from reality I'll get my
Severance, what a circus, assured
There's no end to this, now you're in for a ride
Because I'm an obstreperous child

Obstreperous
Wild and adventurous
Tiny yet treacherous
To spite this world, unfurl my smile
Obstreperous
Your tongue, so venomous
With hunger, ravenous
But nothing satisfies an obstreperous child