AMERICAN DREAM

Rise and shine

I am waking up

To a stranger's American dream

The stairway to heaven is oh, so cheap

Fool's gold and the myth of meritocracy

Ooh

The closest to death that I've ever been

Was in a room full of people who begged to hear me sing like

Ooh

Lately, I've been feeling guilty lancing like a star

Living at the Premier Inn where a day drink turns into a daydream

I am at the movies, I am on the big screen

My friends are on the radio

And I put my grief in stereo

I play it loud and play the show

Tell my mother not to call

I'm working myself to the bone

If that's the dream, it's what I want

Rise and shine

I'm waking up

To a stranger's American dream

I wake at 5 a.m., call it discipline

I'm like an early bird that's forgotten how to sing

Talk myself down at the kitchen sink

I get what I want, then I just get sick

All my lovers wish that I could just sleep in

But I can't stand to be touched, can't stand to be kissed

I just think about myself and I don't want kids

I write shit in these songs that I know I'll regret

Lately, I've been feeling filthy

Painting starry nights in the artex on the ceiling

This is sacred, trying to make ends meet

This is what I wanted

This is what I'm getting

My friends are on the radio

And I put my grief in stereo

I just play it loud and play the show

I get what I want then I thank God

The truth is that we never talk

What I want, it's not enough

And what I need, then I fuck it up

Lately, I want to feel guilty dancing like a star

Living at the Premier Inn where I've been feeling like a damn machine

But I am picture perfect

See me on your big screen

My friends are on the radio

And I put my grief in stereo

I just play it loud and play the show

I get what I want then I thank God

The truth is that we never talk

And what I want it's not enough

I get what I need, then I fuck it up