Everybody Wants to Be a Star!

[intro] ...hey! [verse 1] Told you were special before you could speak A singular snowflake, a chosen mystique Now spilling your depths like a puddle — antique Convinced every murmur's a mountain, unique Trophies too sparse? Well the trauma will do Your pronouns a marquee, your crisis a queue At seventeen gravity bends around you Star of your movie — shame nobody's in view [verse 2] Silver in the hair, hunger in the eyes Brunch is a statement, vacation a prize Concert selfie proves your taste is disguise You curate the flames while the gallery dies Always in the frame even off the frame Different filter, different season, same claim Every story staked and captioned your name Older, more expensive — identical game [chorus] Everybody wants to be a star, star, star Nobody wants to sit down and listen in the dark You deserve the lights, you want the noise, you want the scar Everybody wants to be a star, star, star! [post chorus] ...Born to be crowd! Ego too loud! You're just another face hollering proud! [verse 3] Show up to standup to get the crowdwork Skip it and you'll make the whole room berserk Every comment section — pasta to Turk — Your wisdom awaits, it would be such a shirk He said leave a comment — you heard your name called Like billions were waiting, collectively stalled Pearl of the bathroom, post-espresso, appalled Ten minutes and posting — brother, you're walled [chorus] Everybody wants to be a star, star, star Nobody wants to sit down and listen in the dark You deserve the lights, you want the noise, you want the scar Everybody wants to be a star, star, star! [post chorus] ...Born to be crowd! Ego too loud! You're just another face hollering proud! [bridge] Remember when Andy said fifteen minutes, fifteen minutes of fame? Sounded like a pretty good deal Then they handed you the phone and said you can be on, on, on — all day, every day But here's the thing — Buddy Pine said it best: If I'm special, you're special, everybody's special — then special special special... means nothing at all! [guitar solo] [Final chorus] Everybody wants to be a star, star, star Nobody wants to sit down and listen in the dark You deserve the lights, you want the noise, you want the scar Everybody wants to be a star, star, star! Everybody wants to be a.. star, star, star .... Star star star Everybody wants to be a.... [end]