Once upon a time

Sunk and surrounded

A comparison began

And the be-all and end-all

Well it never happened

The routine of questioning procedure

Was pushing me in the one way

I pretended to choose

I pretended to choose

So we experiment

And give things a chance

We find ourselves a rut slightly less obvious

By taking command

And the package states

There's no such thing as destiny

Pick the flavor you want

The hanger-on will emulate it to a T

Becoming more than the idol ever was

It's no experiment

Everything is a calculation

We're silly echoes

Who don't make sense

Caught up tight

In the dumb things we do

We feel the need to release

The results of reactions

That take place within our heads

All the stupid shit

You counterfeit and fabricate

Show me anything that's never been done

One in a million

One of a million

The echo's confused

Each reflection of the past

Takes a life of its own

Once upon a time

We knew it was coming

We hoped it was coming

Go build big lies, go build big lies

It's compensation for the nothings we are inside

We fuck ourselves just to see what it feels like

Retch perfection

It's self-importance all the way

A chip on my shoulder

And it's almost as big as yours

Go build big lies, go build big lies

It's compensation for the void that we have inside

Let's pretend we tried to see

What it feels like

Shit fulfillment

It's self-importance all the way

I've got a chip on my shoulder

And it's almost as big as yours

(We're number one)