But We Were Plastic Then
Sin Prism
Yuppies and Preppies · Privileged Bullies · Sarcastic Alt Rock
#VERSE
We would like to apologize
For ridiculing your simple lives
For making fun of clothes you wore
For not shopping at our classy stores
#VERSE
We express our deep regret
For saying you were someone we’d soon forget
For snubbing our nose at the party you threw
For talking behind your back because you were… well, you
#PRE-CHORUS
You can say there was no excuse
For us heaping on the hard abuse
#CHORUS
But we were plastic then
Bendable, pose-able, fully pretend
Designed only to follow
Never to defend
We were plastic
We were plastic
We were plastic then
#VERSE
That was oh, so long ago
We burned our preppy clothes, you know
We sold our Beamers—tossed yuppie aspirations
Now we sport tattoos and vote for pot legalization
#PRE-CHORUS
No way in hell we’re stuck up now
But that cruelty in our past we disavow
#CHORUS
But we were plastic then
So quick to ostracize a friend
Or anyone outside our social clique
We measured “cool” by how much you could spend
But we were plastic
We were plastic
We were plastic then
#BRIDGE
So, here at this reunion, all these years later
We finally admit, we were wrong to be haters
Do you think we liked keeping track of you dweebs
And having to shun you like you had a disease
But fact is you weren’t cool and you still aren’t today
Oops, that just slipped out… that wasn’t nice to say
Agh, what the hell, we refuse to pretend
We’re awesome, you’re losers, and we love to offend
#INSTRUMENTAL
#VERSE
Oh, don’t cry, we’re just kidding, it’s okay that you’re broke
Go live simply in the shadows—just ignore our jokes
The world was perfect then, as far as we could see
And still is for us privileged kids of “Generation Me”
#CHORUS
Yes, we were plastic then
And we’re still perfect Barbies and Kens
We get off on denigrating you
For being off-trend
We’ve been plastic
Still are plastic
Always and forever plastic
Our insults even more sarcastic
Being cruel is our lifelong tactic
And we were proudly plastic then
#OUTRO
We were proudly plastic then
You’re a zero and we’re better than ten
Proudly plastic today
Proudly plastic then
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