So exhausted with ego The feelings of free load 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, but leave 'em at the bottom Focus on the come up, become someone Movin' up the ladder doesn't really matter As long as I am 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 Oh, I hate loving what you think I hate the way I change the way I speak I'm stuck, oh Lord, feeding on the hype But just because I like it, doesn't make it right, no Watch me take it over, move your body over Make a little room for me 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 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 (Yeah, oh) But imagine me having nothing to prove, and nothing to lose And have the courage to be nobody, nobody, nobody Nobody can 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)