Verse 1 Society police, write down my name I clap on the wrong beat I answer too honestly I leave my feelings turned up Chorus This is the cost This is the cost This is the cost of never belonging Verse 2 Society police, check her papers she cries at adverts he reads the manual out loud they love the wrong people loudly Chorus This is the cost This is the cost This is the cost of never belonging Verse 3 Society police, tail him home he talks to cashiers like friends he forgets how to laugh on cue he keeps every ticket stub for no reason Verse 4 Society police, file us together we don't know the handshake we miss the reference we stay too long after the music stops Chorus This is the cost This is the cost This is the cost of never belonging Bridge For a while I wasn't here, I wasn't here I counted exits like I count sheep I told myself the quiet after would be heaven For a while I wasn't here, I wasn't here then the kettle clicked then the night bus kept going Verse 5 Society police, I'm handing back the uniform I end it all tonight, the trying, the pretending, the please I close the courtroom in my head I leave the light on for the other misfits Final Chorus This is the peace This is the peace This is the peace of never belonging Outro Society police, no more sirens the static settles low if I never fit in anywhere I fit inside the quiet and the quiet feels like heaven
