[Verse 1]

This business ain't for the faint of heart

Well, I fell for the bullshit

And then I started fallin' apart

And by the end of the summer

I let 'em get the best of me

What a goddamn bummer

What a waste of my energy

[Chorus]

So I spent a long time down in the basement

Instead of rollin' with the riff-raff

'Cause I know better

I know better than that

Yeah, I spent a lifetime tryin' to make it

And when I finally faced the facts

I never felt so shitty before

I never felt so miserable

[Verse 2]

Following familiar patterns

I'm fallin' back into ruin

I'm getting serious douche chills

Just bein' in this room

I didn't even see the humour

With the situation I was in

Knockin' back Jell-O shooters

'Til I puked in the kitchen

[Chorus]

Yeah, I spent a long time down in the basement

Instead of rollin' with the riff-raff

'Cause I know better

I know better than that

I spent a lifetime tryin' to make it

And when I finally faced the facts

I never felt so shitty before

I never felt so miserable

[Bridge]

They used to all talk down to me

And now they're biting their tongues

They used to say, "Don't quit your day job"

Well guess what? I never had one!

I never felt so shitty before

I never felt so miserable

[Chorus]

I spent a long time down in the basement

Instead of rollin' with the riff-raff

'Cause I know better

I know better than that

Yeah, I spent a long time trying to make it

And when I finally faced the facts

I never felt so shitty before

I never felt so miserable