Well I set myself up big time this time 

With the notion that you try your best then

Everyone wins



But nothing ever goes that smoothly

And it won't end like a movie

Where the good guy always wins



Until you figure out

A way that you can live without

Stories with happy ends



Everyone I know is trying to get by

Fighting all the half-true lies

Nobody can win



They fill you up with expectations

Innovations and predictions that can't 

Possibly fly



Cinderella's waiting tables

And the princess never did wake up

That's how it begins



Until you figure out

A way that you can live without

Stories with happy ends



Well everyone I know is trying to get by

Fighting all the half true lies

Nobody can win

Nobody can win

Nobody can win