You're uncertain and you're unwell

Rags to riches but your heart can't tell

That don't mean you're going to hell

But that's how the story goes.

You're like a phoenix rising from the ashes

But all you care about is death and taxes

And being famous takes too much practice

I wish it wasn't so.

I spent my '20s in the lights of the disco

Trying to prove that I could be a hero

And there were times when it felt like I was winning

But looking back it only lasted a minute.

I watched my friends take over the radio

All it did was drill a hole in my ego

I forgot what goodness was outside my window

Ain't that the way the story goes.

I don't need silver linings

I don't need so much more

I just need room to be wrong sometimes

That's all I'm hoping for

I feel like we could find it

If we knocked on heaven's door

I'd say god I'm only human

You'd say that's what I'm here for.

I spent my teens making out in the stairwell

Inside a church that went long 'cause the spirit fell

I was really trying to mean something to someone

But at the time I just thought that it was fun.

I don't need silver linings

I don't need so much more

I just need room to be wrong sometimes

That's all I'm hoping for

I feel like we could find it

If we knocked on heaven's door

I'd say god I'm only human

You'd say that's what I'm here for.

I don't need silver linings

I don't need so much more

I just need room to be wrong sometimes

That's all I'm hoping for.