lets play pretend, tell me you’re jealous of the way that I live
and I’ll be the idealist, as if the things that I wanted are the things that I did
like 11,000 miles in four months was a tour not just running away
like if I really wanted to, I could be a functional human being

like I could find a job, cuz honestly who would hire me
like I could make her happy, how stupid would I have to be to believe that?

Everyone seems like they’re walking in a straight line
I’m just playing musical cities by myself
pretending this could ever be a success
Everyone seems like they’re walking in a straight line
I’m just playing musical cities by myself
deluded into believing that
I could ever “make it”

Let's start a trend, where everyone’s honest with everyone else
to tell you the truth, if I could sell out that’s what I’d do
I don’t wanna be rich but it would be nice to have some funds in the bank
if music is all the I’m good at, is it so awful to wanna get paid?

when it seems like the only alternative is washing dishes for minimum wage
is it so terrible to wanna play on a slightly bigger stage?

Everyone seems like they’re walking in a straight line
I’m just playing musical cities by myself
pretending this could ever be a success
Everyone seems like they’re walking in a straight line
I’m just playing musical cities by myself
deluded into believing that
I could ever “make it”

and these songs that I’ve written
they aren’t catchy enough and I’m not clever enough
and this voice I’ve been given
it’s not pretty enough and I’m not pretty enough
to ever be on your radio or your T.V

Everyone seems like they’re walking in a straight line
I’m just playing musical cities by myself
pretending this could ever be a success
Everyone seems like they’re walking in a straight line
I’m just playing musical cities by myself
deluded into believing that
I could ever “make it”

Everyone seems like they’re walking in a straight line
I’m just playing musical cities by myself
this could never be sustainable but I don’t know anything else
Everyone seems like they’re walking in a straight line
I’m just playing musical cities by myself
and when the music stops will I have anything else?