Striding Purposefully Backwards

What do I have to do for once to make the mark?
 What do I have to say to register a point?
 Register a point
 Overtaken - all desire and no connections
 I recall these friends in tune
 Never would they stoop so low
 And turn on those who built them up
 Where I'm advised to move
 It sickens me to think
 When do I reach the place where I will fall from grace?
 I will fall from grace
 Conscientious - to the point where I self-implode
 I recall these friends in tune
 Never would they stoop so low
 And turn on those who built them up
 Protective - only when I just might get what's due
 Steal the march on a friend whose work you'd prostitute
 How quickly you discard those around when usefulness is gone
 How quickly you discard those around when usefulness is gone
 Beating sense into you sadly sits well
 However, blows are dull on an empty shell
 Prostituted
 Prostituted
 Prostituted
 Prostituted