Repetition, repeating endlessly
Iteration, iterate countlessly
It’s the way to flawlessness
Repetition, repeating one more time
Iteration, iterate once again
‘t’s also the way, the way to madness

Nobody’s keeping score
Yet I still strive for victory

Repetition, repeating one more time
Iteration, iterate once again
It’s the way to flawlessness
Repetition, repeating endelessly
Iteration, iterate once again
‘t’s also the way, the way to madness

Nobody’s keeping track
Yet I still strive for a win

Ever cruel judge, merciless master
Always looking over your shoulder
The perfectionist mind
It’s glance is severe

I need to learn to love this

Tireless machine, relentless device
Always searching for more, of my errors
The perfectionist mind
It’s stare is severe

I need it to learn to love me too

Teach me how to love these flaws
For they mark the unique
Some may call this an aesthetic
Oh teach me how to be careless
Live like there’s no tomorrow for there’s none in sight

Have I become blind ? Am I out of line ?
Is this really decline ?
Or just my perception
Of the world’s imperfection ?

Fast-learning is nature’s blessing
But if you don’t learn how to fail
Every hurdle becomes a curse
Can’t see past the fog

Running away from boredom
Straight into the arms of complication
So many things, so little time
Is there a minute to spare for perfection

Your models are always ahead
Scarce is the drive to carry-on
Condemned to lag behind
A pale chameleon

A constant fight for realization
I'm running after an ever elusive end
Always standing over the edge of my own skill
Peering down into madness

Holding myself up to the standard of a machine
Drives me and breaks me all the while
Every step up leads to a steeper one