half·alive: Nobody

so exhausted with ego
& feelings that free load
& leave me so empty
all the parties of people
moving the needle
obsessing, never ending

watch me take it over
move your body over
make a little room for me
see ‘em at the top
or leave ‘em at the bottom
focus on the come up
become someone

moving up the ladder
doesn’t really matter
as long as i am in the lead
see ‘em at the top
or leave ‘em at the bottom
focus on the come up
become someone

the more that i grow
the more that i’ve come to know
it’s hard to be someone
& it hurts to be nobody
playing this game
it's easy to lose both ways
yeah it’s hard to be someone
& it hurts to be nobody

oh, i hate loving what you think
i hate the way i change the way i speak
i’m stuck, oh Lord, feeding on the hype
but just because i like it doesn’t make it right

watch me take it over
move your body over
make a little room for me
see ‘em at the top
or leave ‘em at the bottom
focus on the come up
become someone

the more that i grow
the more that i’ve come to know
it’s hard to be someone
& it hurts to be nobody

playing this game
it's easy to lose both ways
yeah it’s hard to be someone
& it hurts to be nobody

purpose on a pedestal
looking back at you
look what i have done
look what i can do

but imagine me having nothing to prove
& nothing to lose
& have the courage to be nobody
nobody nobody nobody could hold me down

the more that i grow
the more that i’ve come to know
it’s hard to be someone
& it hurts to be nobody
playing this game
it's easy to lose both ways
yeah it’s hard to be someone
& it hurts to be nobody

hard to be someone
hurts to be nobody