We Lost 5–0, Yet I Won a Dream

[Intro] I love my girlfriend. But today Inter are playing the Champions League final, I love you but I love my team more… I’ve been waiting for a new opportunity for 15 years, it seems like a long time, but I don’t know if I’ll get a new opportunity if I miss this chance… You ask me if we can cancel dinner with your friends… But tonight Inter are playing PSG, I don’t think I can come with you… [Verse 1] I love my girl, she lives in another world. She loves my sister more than me and I never knew it before. And now I’m a stupid idiot who can’t play football. But this year my team is going to try to win a trophy, so I’ll be happy again. [Pre-Chorus] Oh, if I’m feeling down I might put on The National’s new album. Oh, if I’m feeling down, I think I’ll listen to some Belle & Sebastian. [Chorus] It’s so nice when people are kind, it’s so hard when they’re not. It’s so hard when they’re not, there’s nothing good to watch on TV. It’s so hard when people are mean, but that’s what they’re paid to do. Oh no, no, no, no, no, no… It’s so easy to feel sad when things are going wrong! It’s so easy to feel sad when life isn’t going your way. I need a happy pill to get me back on my feet. I need a happy pill to make me happy again. [Verse – After the Final] We lost five–nil, I guess that’s real, the dream collapsed like cheap champagne. I wore my jersey proud and loud, but glory never knew my name. [Verse – Bittersweet Irony] My girl still smiles, she holds my hand, but I just stare into the floor. She whispers “love,” I mutter “goal,” like every other year before. [Outro – half–spoken, with sighs] It’s only football, that’s what they say… but tonight it feels like life again. A stupid game, a stupid heart, I lose in love, I lose in sport… and yet I’ll sing this song once more.