Tonight I'll laugh myself asleep again
To the same old swan songs I just keep hearing
And you strike every nerve with your pretensions
Always the butt of the joke when no one's laughing

You wanted the role, now you're playing the part
They're dying to be just like you
So sing us a song where we can't sing along
And you're the new sensation
New sensation

I'm better off with my two left feet
You're no goddamned messiah with the answers to everything
I know that hell is other people
I know I'll lose my mind
I need some inspiration
Inspiration

I've grown sick
Slick bullshit
Eat your heart out
This song's about you

You wanted the role, now you're playing the part
They're dying to be just like you
So sing us a song where we can't sing along
And you're the new sensation
New sensation

Who needs a spine anyway?
Without a backbone, it's just aesthetics
And it's just aesthetics, oh, yeah
Can't take the noise anymore
Pry up the floorboards and raise the dead
It's time to raise the dead, oh, yeah

You wanted the role, now you're playing the part
They're dying to be just like you
So sing us a song where we can't sing along
And you're the new sensation
New sensation