[Verse 1] Arms folded tight, you lean against the wall Too cool to move, too hollow to feel at all You watch them sweat and laugh and fall and rise With that dead look behind your half-closed eyes They're pouring everything into the fight You're counting flaws from a comfortable height Dissecting joy like a doctor with no soul A critic born who never paid the toll [Pre-Chorus] You never bled for anything You never put your name on the line But your mouth runs like you've seen it all From the safety of the sideline [Chorus] Spectator — throne built out of nothing Spectator — laughing at the ones who try You call it wisdom, call it seeing clear But all I see is someone too afraid to be alive Spectator — watch them from your distance Spectator — drag them down to where you hide The only thing you ever built in life Is a wall to stand behind [Verse 2] You've got a theory for every single move Too smart to fail — yeah, too smart to prove You see the cracks in everything they do Strange how the cracks ain't ever showing through in you They burn with purpose, loud and unashamed You sneer like passion's something to be tamed What's it like up there on your pedestal of air? Does it bother you that nobody knows you're there? [Pre-Chorus] You never bled for anything You never put your name on the line But your mouth runs like you've seen it all From the safety of the sideline [Chorus] Spectator — throne built out of nothing Spectator — laughing at the ones who try You call it wisdom, call it seeing clear But all I see is someone too afraid to be alive Spectator — watch them from your distance Spectator — drag them down to where you hide The only thing you ever built in life Is a wall to stand behind [Bridge — Half-time, heavy groove] Let me ask you something straight What have you got to show? What have you thrown yourself into? What have you let yourself feel? Nothing. They fall and they get back up You just update your score The joke was never them — The joke's been you from the start [Guitar Solo → into Final Chorus] [Final Chorus — Full force] Spectator — throne built out of nothing Spectator — laughing at the ones who try You call it wisdom, call it seeing clear But all I see is someone too afraid to be alive Spectator — watch them from your distance Spectator — drag them down to where you hide The only thing you ever built in life Is a wall to stand behind Outro — Spoken over dying riff "Keep watching. Keep counting other people's mistakes. At least they have mistakes to count. What do you have?"
