Fading Into Obscurity

So many stories I could tell
 I had the world under my spell
 Does this even ring a bell?
 I wonder because
 Don't you know who I was?
 Interest in me dissipated
 All my methods antiquated
 I've been cast away
 Lost and friendless today
 I made a name for myself
 When one could do such a thing
 A reputation that's held
 Together by string
 And so I chose to cherish those
 Who think there's some purity
 To fading into obscurity
 What works on paper
 Has the tendency to ride on vapor
 Sometimes what's not to love
 But then other times what's to like
 I'm unable to tell if I know who I am
 A modest success a shill or a sham
 I'm not a afraid of what I've made
 But my trajectory
 Has me fading into obscurity
 You kids'll have to fend for yourselves
 Because your mother's gone and asked for the elves
 Who used to do all the work around here
 Well they're not gonna do it anymore
 You kids can kiss your mother goodbye
 And I'll give you twenty minutes to cry
 She used to do all the work around here
 But she's not gonna do it anymore
 And you're getting to old to be cared for by me
 And for that matter
 This cake is baked but I much prefer the batter
 Perhaps in part because it had so much potential
 To be delicious and still be influential
 I'm undecided
 If the evidence that I have provided
 Explains what I mean
 It's too late now 'cause I can't see or be seen
 And I know you don't shrug through my tears
 So I'm not gonna shed 'em anymore
 Out of favor with the flavor of the week's where I'll be
 And fading into obscurity
 An outsider but in good company
 Oh yeah
 I'm fading into obscurity
 I'm undecided