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Identity Thief

from Ulterior Motives by Michael Guy Bowman

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I've been pulling favors out of privileged hands
I've been taking credit where the credit's due
Stole the name of someone from a foreign land
You're the only one I've ever told this to

Gave away the total sum of who I was to now become
The man who stands before your eyes today
Living in the limelight of a fancy turned to full-time bluff
Still waiting for the sting of my disgrace

I stole my identity from another man who looks like me

And I don't know what he knows
But I know he knows my name
And I have myself to blame

Do you think he's in here now?
Do you see him in the mirror?
Do you think he knows I'm here?

I've been filching francs from banks in Switzerland
I've been cashing traveler's checks in Cameroon
Drank at the Mirage and dried up at the Sands
Never thought of what this might be coming to

Thought for sure that he was dead and I might take his place instead
Become the man I always wished to be
Never knew the men he killed or asked how all the vaults were filled
But now I fear he's finally come for me

I stole my identity from another man who looks like me

And I don't know what he knows
But I know he knows my name
And I have myself to blame

I can hear him coming now
I can feel him in the air
And I know he knows I'm there

I stole my identity from another man who looks like me
And I know that I will not go free
'Cause there's only room for one, you see

And I don't know what he knows
But I know he knows my name
And I have myself to blame

I can taste his bullet now
I can smell his blood-soaked hands
I could not forget this man

I am trying to escape
But there's nowhere left to run
For I know now what I've done

I have laid inside his bed
Stood before his vanity
And I know that man is me

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from Ulterior Motives, released July 20, 2022
Drums performed by Bijan Eghtesady

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Michael Guy Bowman

Michael Guy Bowman's eclectic songwriting has permeated through strange corners of the Internet ever since he began contributing music to the web comic Homestuck. After crossing over into a solo career with the spin-off concept album Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido, he has meticulously crafted his own blend of retro rock and bedroom pop to share with the lost souls of the online generation. ... more

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