We're not cynics, we just don't believe a word you say
 We're not critics, we just hate it all anyway

 [Verse 1]
 If you're happy and you know it clap your hands like this
 Cause the rest of us are wondering what on earth we missed
 If you're happy and you know it stomp your feet real loud
 The rest of us could use some cheering up right now

 Oh please, shoot us up with something shiny and quick
 We like our thrills dirt cheap and our irony thick
 Oh whatever, never mind, we're just crying for help
 I guess we'll heal the old fashioned way and do it ourselves

 [bad word] 
 Oh this is all we know
 Oh tragic and miserable
 We're not cynics, we just don't believe a word you say
 We're not critics, we just hate it all anyway
 Oh this is all we've got
 Oh we do what we've been taught
 We're not cynics, we just don't believe a word you say
 We're not critics, we just hate it all anyway

 [Verse 2]
 Sometimes I think we push your buttons just for fun
 Sometimes I think our kind of crazy has already been done
 We're a copy of a copy, everything we swore we'd not be
 Yeah, the [bad word] hurts, but it hasn't [bad word] enough to stop me

 Oh please, can't you give us something better than this
 We've built up a tolerance to all your veteran tricks
 You're busy smiling on cue, when you don't have a clue
 We're a mess and we know it, we want you to know too

 [bad word] 
 Oh this is all we know
 Oh tragic and miserable
 We're not cynics, we just don't believe a word you say
 We're not critics, we just hate it all anyway
 Oh this is all we've got
 Oh we do what we've been taught
 We're not cynics, we just don't believe a word you say
 We're not critics, we just hate it all anyway

 [Verse 3]
 If you're happy and you know it then there might be something wrong with
 You
 What's the point in holding on when all of us don't want you to
 It'd make us feel better, knowing you'd be stuck forever
 Sick minds stick together, we can stay sick forever

 Oh this is all we know
 Oh tragic and miserable
 We're not cynics, we just don't believe a word you say
 We're not critics, we just hate it all anyway

 [bad word] 
 Oh this is all we know
 Oh tragic and miserable
 We're not cynics, we just don't believe a word you say
 We're not critics, we just hate it all anyway
 Oh this is all we've got
 Oh we do what we've been taught
 We're not cynics, we just don't believe a word you say
 We're not critics, we just hate it all anyway

 We're not cynics, we just don't believe a word you say
 We're not critics, we just hate it all anyway