Survival of the loudest The industry is dying again They're cutting my allowance (Fuck) A hundred thousand streams only get you twenty-five cents And I've never been so low Life isn't fair, you know Hope that is just a phase I just keep on waiting for better days You're just louder than the others I bet in school you were the one who got in trouble Why's it me that is weird 'cause I don't scream for attention? Why's it me that is weird for not jumping on the table? Why's it me that is weird? I think you're really weird Yeah yeah Eight thousand dollars in the piggy bank While you just talk and play pretend Just don't have the energy I try to take it easy What a shame you can't relate Put my body through hell and back Couldn't do anything else We tried but failed, ey We tried but failed We tried but failed, ey We tried but failed We really tried, we failed Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah We tried but failed Authenticity We tried but failed In a toxic city Disregard everybody else Call it confidence, ugh Don't wanna be in this industry Look, pretty picture See, I've been living in the bigger one Is this a sick joke? Intrusive thoughts are all I dream of Wish I could quit I need to live with this mind though Can't differentiate what What's real life What's fake What's real life What's fake Maybe I'm fucking fake Probably not We tried but failed We tried but failed We tried but failed We really tried, we failed We tried but failed We tried but failed We tried but failed We really tried, we failed