So exhausted with ego And feelings that freeload And leave me so empty All the parties of people Moving the needle Obsessing, never-ending (doesn't really matter) Watch me take it over, move your body over Make a little room for me See 'em at the top or leave 'em at the bottom Focus on the come up, become someone Movin' up the ladder doesn't really matter As long as I'm in the lead See 'em at the top, but leave 'em at the bottom Focus on the come up, become someone The more that I grow, the more that I've come to know Yeah, it's hard to be someone And it hurts to be nobody Playin' this game, it's easy to lose both ways Yeah, it's hard to be someone And it hurts to be nobody I know those eyes Who the hell are you to me? No pretending here (hmm) If you look at me like that, I'll match it Weighing up my worth, it's sad but true (sad but true) Well, how could I judge you When I'm doing the same thing? Watch me take it over, move your body over Make a little room for me (make a little room for me) See 'em at the top or leave 'em at the bottom Focus on the come up, become someone The more that I grow, the more that I've come to know Yeah, it's hard to be someone And it hurts to be nobody Playin' this game, it's easy to lose both ways Yeah, it's hard to be someone And it hurts to be nobody Hard to be someone And it hurts to be nobody Uh, oh, oh Purpose on a pedestal, lookin' back at you Look what I have done, look what I can do Ohh, mmm And ah-oh, mmm But imagine me having nothing to prove and nothing to lose And have the courage to be nobody, nobody, nobody Nobody could hold me down The more that I grow, the more that I've come to know Yeah, it's hard to be someone And it hurts to be nobody Playin' this game, it's easy to lose both ways Yeah, it's hard to be someone (Hard to be someone, hurts to be nobody) The more that I grow, the more that I've come to know Yeah, it's hard to be someone (it's hard to be someone) And it hurts to be nobody Playin' this game, it's easy to lose both ways Yeah, it's hard to be someone (it's hard to be someone) And it hurts to be nobody (Hard to be someone, hurts to be nobody)