Verse:
It’s not gonna end any different tonight
If you spend it pinned to the wall
But we're live, and it'd be social suicide
And someone's always quicker on the draw

No second take if you forget your lines
If you do say anything at all
But if you’re waiting on the stars to align
Then you’re fighting for a lost cause

Pre-Chorus:
Well at least I can say that I went out last night
So everyone can stop worrying about me
Having fun with your friends like you’re all supposed to
The drink’s overpriced and it’s too loud to talk to
The people around on the light up floor
Know I’ll never be one of them anyway
Good thing there are ways to drown my denial
To build myself up and fall flat on my face

Chorus:
Should I lower my expectations?
Am I coming on too strong?
Can they smell the desperation on me?
I feel the panic coming on
It’s not about getting off with the nearest stranger
Or about me finding my future bride
I just want to feel normal in this place for once here
For something worthwhile to come out of tonight

Verse:
Have a problem with breaking character
When they say 'his arms and legs are thin’
It feels like the end of everything

I've heard voices die when I get to speak
Crickets chirping and tumbleweed
Should I accept it’s how I’ll always be
Or is this something you can grow out of?

Pre-Chorus:
No I'm not Prince Hamlet, wasn't meant to be
I'm someone with even less agency
A supporting player, glad to be of use
Get the odd line, start a scene or two

Right now you act like you're corinthians
But you’ll find a way to screw up soon
And yeah I’m the joke that you’re laughing at
But you’re the guise I see straight through

Chorus:
Should I lower my expectations?
Am I coming on too strong?
Can they smell the desperation on me?
Am I doing everything wrong?
It’s not about getting off with the nearest stranger
Or about me finding my future bride
I just want to feel normal in this place for once here
To walk home, not feel dead inside

Outro:
Never liked smoke and mirrors and flashing bright lights
That’s why they always go for some other guy
Still trying to lose myself and live for once
Do what everyone else my age is doing right

Should I lower my expectations?
Am I coming on too strong?
Can they smell the desperation on me?
Am I doing everything wrong?

It’s not about getting off with the nearest stranger
Or about me finding my future bride
I just want to feel normal in this place for once here
For something worthwhile to come out of tonight

No I don’t feel anything for her now
And it would have never happened anyway
And I can’t go back to the last checkpoint
So I’ll try my best to start over again