We were 14 climbing trees in the front yard, I remember it well

Kevin came ‘round and told us the rumors

That a shiny young thing just flew in from San Francisco

My mother introduced me to you on my birthday, said we’d get along fine

I was shy at first but I fell in love

With telling you every bit about my life

(Well the good parts at least)

All the kids at school they would talk about you, never let it go

You were the next big thing

The new Bob Marley

The fresh Monroe

A young Thom Yorke or Rolling Stone

So I got used to putting on a show but

Everything you know about me’s

Dead wrong

I’m just trying to make it through

Feel like I don’t have any fun

I’m afraid that I might’ve forgotten how to

I sometimes don’t wanna be here long

But I still wanna stay, don’t you?

Just feels like whatever you do, you’re doomed

And it’s kinda hard to, not to blame it on you

Blame it on me? You said

Whatever do you mean?

I thought I was the best thing since chocolate ice cream?

I screamed I swear I thought so too

but you had all the nuclear codes in your room

And you stole every eye from the malls to the bistros

And all the attention from the concerts to the discos

One by one everybody got obsessed

And they’d bend over backwards just keep you impressed

Now, all the old folks had their sneaking suspicions

That something wasn’t right but nobody ever listened

It was too good to be true

A world peace treaty

A collective view

A government party that cares about you

I swear I’d die just trying to hide the truth coz

Everything you know about me’s Dead wrong

I’m just trying to make it through

Feel like I don’t have any fun

I’m afraid that I might’ve forgotten how to

I sometimes don’t wanna be here long

But I still wanna stay, don’t you?

Just feels like whatever you do, you’re doomed

And it’s kinda hard to, not to blame it on you