Echolyn - The Cheese Stands Alone lyrics

I've been Banana'd, Cabaret'd, stuffed in a truck for days Leathered out, flannel'd in, paid to play, thought we'd win The talent show that would break the band Wrote the words that hit the fan Flogged and prog'd, revival'd to d**h Released and reviewed and signed with the best! Leave me out, I've had my fill Stand on my own, I've been through it all I've been AOR'd, alternadised, heavy-metal'd, acousticised Pickled to an amber hue and never lied to me or you To get ahead or create a vibe, for sympathy to romanticize How hard it is to rock 'n roll To be a pawn or gain control It seems that lately we've become quite the target Dodging verbal traffic, oh the fun of it Our job is now writing, performing, and enduring And I'd have to be lying if I denied loving it (shake it down) I love it, I eat it, I starve it then I feed it It spins my head and moves my toes You can smell the beat it tickles my nose It fills my gut and gets my goat It sinks my ship and floats my boat Don't let it take you out too far Or change the you, you really are Step up and see the band Play favorites from one night stands A resume of four golden years When the cheese stood alone So heigh-ho the dairy-o I'm tickled pink and don't you know To love the things we plant and grow Is a treasure hard to find Looking back my credit was never shaky I may have burned a few bridges here and there Looking back I've seen the serpent and his offer The weasel in his hole, the leech on the wound The sly old cat wants the rat The rat he aims to please But back and forth they never see The cheese stands alone So heigh-ho the dairy-o I'm tickled pink and don't you know To love the things we plant and grow Is a treasure hard to find Looking back I can't help but look forward There's so much life, there's so much more Everyone has so much to offer You're crazy to ignore it, you're crazy not to try