Nobody Can Win

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's trying to get by
Fighting all the half-true lies
Nobody can win

They fill you up with expectations
Elevations 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

Everyone I know's trying to get by
Fighting all the half-true lies

Nobody can win
Nobody can win
Nobody can win