MY IT'S BEEN A WHILE
10 YEARS OR SO I'M TOLD
IMAGINE MY SURPRISE
WHEN IT'S ME YOU HAVE OUTGROWN

SO YOU GIVE ME SOME ADVICE
AND I BURY IT DOWN LOW
I'M SCRATCHING FOR DISTRACTION
BUT FROM WHAT I'LL NEVER KNOW

AND YOU SAY
DON'T LISTEN TO YOUR HEART
CAUSE IT LIES TO YOU SO MUCH
YOUR MIND TELLS YOU THE TRUTH
BUT YOU ARGUE WITH IT TOUGH
YOU KNOW THE THING TO DO
BUT SOMEHOW THAT'S NOT ENOUGH
TO TAKE CONTROL

TELL ME 'BOUT YOUR SOCIAL LIES
AND YOUR PUBLIC INDISCRETIONS
WERE ALL THE EYES ON YOU
WHILE YOU STOOD THERE HALF UNDRESSING

SO YOU SELL ME YOUR EXCUSE
AND I'LL BUY IT ALL DAY LONG
CAUSE IT'S THE ONE THAT WE ALL USE
THE ONE THEY GLAMORIZE IN SONGS

ABOUT THE FLASHING AND THE BRUISE
AND HOW YOU CAN'T TEAR THEM APART
ABOUT THE GAMES YOU ALWAYS LOSE
AND HOW YOU'RE FIRST IN LINE TO START

IF I COULD STEP OUT OF THIS NOOSE
CHRIST DON'T YOU THINK I WOULD
I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR HERO
THAT THEY CALL MISUNDERSTOOD