Page 132 - The Kid Who Played The Palace

WHEN SOMEONE SAYS...―Benny Rosen, Junior!"

HOW MANY WILL LAUGH? HOW MANY WILL KNOW WHAT I DID BEST?
IT‘S NOT THE SONG AND DANCE THEY'LL TALK ABOUT WHEN I‘M DONE,
OR THE YEARS I SPENT TRYING SO HARD
TO BE SOMEONE TO LOOK UP TO.
IF ANYONE REMEMBERS ALL THE TIMES THAT I STOOD OUT
WHAT MY LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT,
THERE‘S ONE THING NO ONE WILL LEAVE OUT
IT‘S MOMENTS... like this.

(Writer‘s note: Lyrics should be expressed as anger and bitterness; not self-pity)

THIS… IS MY WORLD
WELCOME TO MY WORLD
WHERE LOSING EVERYTHING IS SOMETHING YOU EXPECT-
JUST LIKE CLOCKWORK.
AND HOPE- Ha! HOPE‘S JUST A PASSING THOUGHT,
AS YOU SNEAK PAST EACH NEW DISASTER
AND WAIT FOR THE NEXT.
[Modulate]
MY WORLD
ALWAYS STUCK HERE IN MY WORLD
WHERE NO ONE EVER UNDERSTANDS THE THINGS YOU DO
OR CARE FOR
EVEN THE ONE WHO‘S BEEN THERE ALL ALONG
JUST GIVE IT TIME

YOU‘LL LOOK UP
SHE‘LL BE GONE, TOO.

EACH DAY I LIVE A LIFE
THAT I NEVER ASKED FOR
BUT I MUST DESERVE!

What else WOULD EXPLAIN THE YEARS
YOU GAVE OVER AND OVER WITH NOTHING TO SHOW (PAUSE)
ALL THOSE WEEDS THAT YA PLANTED

EVEN THEY WOULDN‘T GROW! (PAUSE)
THE FEW THINGS YOU BUILT FELL APART LONG AGO (PAUSE)
NOW LOOK AROUND-
YOU‘LL NEVER HAVE- YOU‘LL JUST OWE (PAUSE)
AND THAT HANDFUL OF TIMES YOU JUST MIGHT FEEL PROUD

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