[Intro] I smile like I mean it but it doesn't mean I mean it [verse 1] I'm efficiently deficient and effectively defective I've got a PhD in redundancy, cause I only took electives I'm complicit and complacent, I had drive but I misplaced it Now I'm rolling alone like a solo campaign in the basement I can't initiate my initiative without feeling stuck in a class A critical failure proving my work like high school math I'm conducting a deconstruction like a mathematical function I took the standard deviation now I'm dividing my self destruction Relationships are formulaic, I'm always solving for my ex But the answer is imaginary, fake like my flex [hook] The world's running circles but I'm standing still got my brain feeling dizzy and I can't act like I feel I can't ask for help y'all tell me that's a weakness but I can't keep this up and I don't know how to defeat it [verse 2] I'm fishin' for attention but the audience is my reflection And it can't look me in the eye without changing the direction now I'm detecting my deflection and rejecting the corrections I ain't worried about perfection, I'm just presenting my projections Talking bullshit like a brahma, stalling out like a comma slow and steady, easy does it, tanking like I'm Thomas I'm the little engine that couldn't, hauling all his traumas Got no body like Adonis but I'm sweating like the Bahamas and I flip flop like a fish, holding out, playing hooky asking my reflection "who the fuck even is he?" [hook] The world's running circles but I'm standing still got my brain feeling dizzy and I can't act like I feel I can't ask for help y'all tell me that's a weakness but I can't keep this up and I don't know how to defeat it [Bridge] My performance is perfunctory and my lies they tell a story about a boy laughing through his pain, sorry if you find it boring and at the end it's raining, dropping problems like it's pouring and I hate to be the one to tell ya, but I forgot the umbrella and now I'm just a fella who can't contain his complaining now I'm forewarning, you'll have to drip dry till morning I guess it sucks to be you, but you should try being me You can have it if you want it, I'll give it up for free but when you're done with me, remember to turn off the light I'm gonna smile like I mean it and call it a night [hook] The world's running circles but I'm standing still got my brain feeling dizzy and I can't act like I feel I can't ask for help y'all tell me that's a weakness but I can't keep this up yet I'll smile like I mean it
