You live like someone's always watching you

The ghost of guilt weighs on your back

You swear that you are for the ropes all day

A crowd swells above your head with black

Spin a mad roulette of man to child

You’ve been a child for most your life

You sell yourself for less than you're worth

They'll skin your hide with your own knife

And you were right

They’re not your friends (you were right)

You're means and ends (you're never right)

They're not your friends (and you were right)

It's all pretend (and you were right)

Forgive me fantasy, I pawned you for cheap

To toast your memory with sham pain

Every bubble rises only just to burst

And icy time laughs like a drain

Half lost the way, half found a better man

I've been a man for most my life

I tell myself I'm more than I have done

They'll carve my meat and eat the knife

And you were right

They’re not your friends (you were right)

You’re means and ends (you're never right)

They’re not your friends (and you were right)

It's all pretend (and you were right)

You know who your friends aren't

You know who not to trust

You might have been golden

But that's turned to dust

But you get the last laugh

‘Cause you were right

They’re not your friends (you were right)

You're means and ends (you're never right)

They're not your friends (and you were right)

It's all pretend (and you were right)

And you were right

I'm not your friend (you were right)

I'm means to ends (I never fight)

They're not my friends (and you were right)

It's all pretend (and I was right)