[Verse 1]
Well I set myself up big time, this time
With the notion that you try your best then
Everyone wins
But nothing ever goes that smoothly
And it won't end like a movie
Where the good guy always wins

[Chorus]
Until you figure out
A way that you can live without
Stories with happy ends
Everyone I know is trying to get by
Fighting all the half-true lies
Nobody can win

[Verse 2]
They fill you up with expectations
Innovations and predictions that can't
Possibly fly
Cinderella's waiting tables
And the princess never did wake up
That's how it begins

[Chorus]
Until you figure out
A way that you can live without
Stories with happy ends
Everyone I know is trying to get by
Fighting all the half-true lies
Nobody can win
Nobody can win
Nobody can win