Falling short of everything you ever thought you'd be 
Losing hope in happy memories 

Trapped in a life 
You never thought would be yours 
Left to exist in denial  [bad word] and go 
Wishing you could be someone else 
But your dead weight is pulling you apart 

Sitting outside of everything 
Waiting for a life to start 
But these are your salad days 
And they’re quickly rotting away 

Scratching out an existence 
Against the backdrop of a troubled life 
Losing all your momentum 
To the soundtrack of fluorescent lights 

Just left screaming into open silence 
Of “what could have been’s” 
And “I wish I’d tried harder” 
Longing to be someone else 
Wishing to be someone else