Everything's a lie
We're all gonna die
Before we say goodbye, let's attack

I admit it's bleak
But I give it a week
Until our friends the meek give it back

Is it true? Well it's true enough I guess
Join the chorus of the second best

Second best [several times]

What's left of you that's real
A mutated ideal
With limited appeal, I suggest

If hitting is an art
Then it's drawn us apart
When you erased your heart and beat your chest

Is it you? Well it's you enough I guess
You're an angel in a see-through dress
Is it true, yes it's true enough I guess

Second best [Several times]

Perhaps it's just as well
That I still look like hell
At least the world can tell us apart

Is it true? Yes it's true enough I guess
Come join the chorus of the unimpressed
Is it true, yes it's true enough I guess
Sometimes it's better to be second best

Second best [several times]

i don't care to much about anything anymore
there's no difference between wrong and right
I'm tired living life out of spite
i don't care to much about anything anymore
i've been here for to long it's this change
i can't go through your better off without me aren't you?
(aren't you?)
i've lost my faith in finding humanity
for every girl that ever broke my heart
for every fucked up friend that played that part
i have lost my faith in finding humanity
compassion isn't enough for all that I can do
you're better off with out me, aren't you?
i've been here too long to change
i can't go though you're better without me,
aren't you? (aren't you?)

The impact, the aftershave, the european cigarettes
The taxi, the alcohol that lingers on your breath
The lipstick, the street lamp, the woolen overcoat
The front desk, you tell yourself, it isn't over yet

Second best, oh second best
I can learn to live with this
Plus I really need a rest
After all what's wrong with second best
What's wrong with second best

The motel, the distances, cave into kisses cold and wet
Familiar exchanges, like needle pulling thread
The empty movements that once were so inspired
Desperate attempts to fan the flames without a fire
The mattress creeks beneath
The symphony of misery and cum
Still we lie jerking back and forth
And blurring into one

Second best oh second best
I can learn to live with this
Plus I really need a rest
After all what's wrong with second best
What's wrong with second best

I want your boyfriend in a box so I can send him off.
Somewhere far away then we'll be the way like we used to be.
You want my girlfriend all tied up so you can threaten her since I'm not with you.
Now you're telling her that you still want me.

[Chorus]
I don't want to be second best.
I've waited too long.
I just want a second chance to be your first again.

You're never satisfied with anyone.
Pretending you're content.
When your boyfriend leaves, you'll be calling me and we'll cheat again.

[Chorus]

To be your first again.
Why can't this feeling end?
To be your first again.

[Chorus x2]