Mr. Capgras Encounters a Secondhand Vanity: Tulpamancer's Prosopagnosia / Pareidolia (As Direct Result of Trauma to Fusiform Gyrus)

You're trying to replace yourself You're trying to replace yourself, you're trying to replace yourself You're trying to replace yourself, you're trying to replace yourself You're trying to replace yourself, you're trying to replace yourself You're trying to replace yourself, you're— Carving out a fact from a reckoning Beckoning you back, skin sagging off its skeleton Levitating off the ground Is another man wearing your face All the false identities Remedies or enemies to mitigate your memories Shuddered at what they found When they stripped away the grace Eulogy or biography, I'm who I oughtta be, and that is God to me (never never never) So, my God, what's wrong with me? If who I wanna be might be Never, never, never Never, never, never Never, never, never No, never! You'll never take me alive, baby. You'll never take me alive You'll never take me, you'll never take me, You better pray I die You'll never take me alive, baby. You'll never take me alive You'll never take me, you'll never take me, and no You're never gon' find Somebody to replace yourself, somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself, somebody to replace yourself! Damn, I thought you're not your imposter You're so sure you're not gonna get caught Dead in your own skin But you didn't choose what you were born in And another man in your repertoire Ready in your head and fed upon your memoirs Still the same rules apply From the birthday to the mourning What you feel and what you do Are those things really you? And if not, then what is? (Never never never) So, my God, what's wrong with you? And I'm still asking who that is Never, never, never Never, never, never Never, never, never No, never! You'll never take me alive, baby. You'll never take me alive You'll never take me, you'll never take me, You better pray I die You'll never take me alive, baby. You'll never take me alive You'll never take me, you'll never take me, and no You're never gon' find Somebody to replace yourself, somebody to replace yourself Somebody to replace yourself, somebody to replace yourself You'll never take me alive, baby, you'll never take me alive (This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet) You'll never take me, you'll never take me, you better pray that I die (No, I need to hit the bottom) You'll never take me alive, baby, you'll never take me alive (This is not enough, this is not enough to prove it yet!) You'll never take me, you'll never take me, you better pray that I die (No, I need to hit the bottom) Somebody to replace yourself, somebody to replace yourself Somebody to replace yourself, somebody to replace yourself Somebody to replace yourself, somebody to replace yourself Somebody to replace yourself, somebody to replace yourself! AY!