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Second Best Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Everything's a lie
We're all gonna die
Before we say goodbye, let's attack
I admit it's bleak
But I give it a week
Until our friends the meek give it back
[Bridge 1]
Is it true? Well it's true enough I guess
Join the chorus of the second best
[Chorus]
Second best
[Verse 2]
What's left of you that's real
A mutated ideal
With limited appeal, I suggest
If winning is an art
Then it's drawn us apart
When you erased your heart and beat your chest
[Bridge 2]
Is it you? Well it's you enough I guess
You're an angel in a see-through dress
Is it true, yes it's true enough I guess
Everything's a lie
We're all gonna die
Before we say goodbye, let's attack
I admit it's bleak
But I give it a week
Until our friends the meek give it back
[Bridge 1]
Is it true? Well it's true enough I guess
Join the chorus of the second best
[Chorus]
Second best
[Verse 2]
What's left of you that's real
A mutated ideal
With limited appeal, I suggest
If winning is an art
Then it's drawn us apart
When you erased your heart and beat your chest
[Bridge 2]
Is it you? Well it's you enough I guess
You're an angel in a see-through dress
Is it true, yes it's true enough I guess
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Perhaps it's just as well
That I still look like hell
At least the world can tell us apart
[Bridge 3]
Is it true? Yes it's true enough I guess
Come join the chorus of the unimpressed
Is it true, yes it's true enough I guess
Sometimes it's better to be second best
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Perhaps it's just as well
That I still look like hell
At least the world can tell us apart
[Bridge 3]
Is it true? Yes it's true enough I guess
Come join the chorus of the unimpressed
Is it true, yes it's true enough I guess
Sometimes it's better to be second best
[Chorus]
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Genius Annotation
Second Best is the twelfth track off of Barenaked Ladies' 2003 album, Everything to Everyone.
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- 1.Celebrity
- 2.Maybe Katie
- 4.Next Time
- 5.For You
- 6.Shopping
- 8.Upside Down
- 9.War on Drugs
- 10.Aluminum
- 11.Unfinished
- 12.Second Best
- 13.Take It Outside
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