You need but you'll never have

You dreamed but you never had the chance to be

What you wanna be

You grasp but you never hold

You ask but you're never told

Cos the truth hurts

This is the modern world



So you bide your time

With your fate resigned

To be paid in kind



You reach but you never get

You breathe but you never let the past go

Do you ever learn?

You search but you never find

You hurt but you never try to face facts

This is the modern world



So you bide your time

With your fate resigned

To be paid in kind

When the flashbulb dies

And the humdrum thrives

Do you lose your pride?

Copyright: Downtown Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): GAVIN RICHARD HARRISON, STEVEN JOHN WILSON