#instrumental_introduction #verse_1 You take my hand like it still means anything, Pretend we’re friends, while you polish their names, I’m counting cracks in the floor, while they sing, Every word’s rotten, but it's just a game, now forgotten #pre-chorus I call this progress now, A mess under duress, but I'll watch you, take your fucking bow. While my part’s gotten old, now. #chorus_1 Clap for them frauds, They need the applause, Clap for the fraud, Put me on fucking pause. #verse_2 You said we’d climb, but you held the rope, Left me behind with a faulty reward, I learned that trust is a kind of dope, And I quit cold when I got ignored. #pre-chorus I'll fake my Integrity, Hopes just a trend/need not defend. The problem's just me, Dress me up to mend/Then destroy #chorus_2 Clap for the frauds, They love the applause, Dance for the fraud, I'll choke on the cause. [Instrumental Interlude] #bridge I built my walls from everyone’s rejection, Your smile’s a contract I never signed, Keep the lights—take the credit, the infection, I’ll keep my name in my own mind. #final_chorus Clap for the frauds, They love the applause, Dance for the fraud, I’m gone when it stops.