#roman won

I'm that first-person they talk about in all the books

I'm that perspective you cannot doubt, see how I look

Control the narrative reliably, baby, it's all about me

And I wrote the book about throwing the book

At those who don't do it by it

So now I'm holding myself hostage

Stockholm lust just looks like justice

And enough lefts don't make the right but two wrongs do

Oh man, Sun Tzu would love this

Beating my dead high horse off the high road to low ground

'Cause if you shake your fist at snakes in grass

It looks like punching down

So, God forbid I'm seen just as an average human being

I mean, imagine if protagonists just died in the first scene

I'm the gap between a tragedy and comedy

Don't come at me

I'm the main character, and you have to like me

I loot plot armor from NPCs

Well, they are to me

Trite, tropes, traits, traumas, trinkets, and treats, it's all XP

Look in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's superego

The underdog you cheer for

Villains are everywhere, that's how I know that I'm the hero

So tie me to the train tracks, laugh, and snidely twist your mustache

Snidely Whiplash, Boris Badenov, ignoring me's bad enough

Where do you get off? Da, das vedanya, darling

Daleks in high collars monologue

And I outsmart them with a ray-gun and a tweet

So, God forbid I'm seen just as an average human being

I mean, imagine if protagonists just died in the first scene

I'm the gap between a tragedy and comedy

Don't come at me

I'm the main character, and you have to like me

Judge me by what my cover shows, author becomes beyond reproach

You don't know the prose or if the spine is still intact

Oh, like Alice fell to Wonderland, come astroturf my Overton

And embolden my demand to live by alternative facts

Her majesty says, "The Royal We demand a standard of loyalty

An agreement to be reverent, lick the emperor's new boots"

The court fool got the guillotine

The witches the stake, you the dopamine

And Siemens made the Zyklon B, but we all still get the flu

We all do what we need to to get through

(It's nothing new)

But I ain't done a fucking thing to you

So, God forbid I'm seen just as an average human being

I mean, imagine if antagonists lacked any evil scheme

I'm the gap between a tragedy and comedy

Don't come at me

You got a glimpse of something

That's catching your eye

You want to buy this thing

No good reason why

SOS

(S-O-S)

You've got shiny object syndrome

You spent a bunch of cash

On crap you don't need

You bought a hundred books

That you're never gonna read

SOS

(S-O-S)

You've got shiny object syndrome

You're trying to get your life more organized

But this cast iron skillet's got you hypnotized

Bought a Peloton to improve your physique

And now you're moving on to be a vegan for a week

Bought a drum set and you practiced it daily

'Til you decided you wanted a ukulele

Bought a journal to record what your mood is now

Then threw it all away because you said you're Buddhist now

SOS

(S-O-S)

You've got shiny object syndrome

Everybody get up and wave your hands

All the kids with the low attention spans

Say it loud so everybody understands

Why you spent a hundred bucks on gluten-free pants?

Hop inside the Metaverse

Take VR for a spin

Buy some virtual land

So you can flip it and win

Be a crypto conquistador

Clever and conniving

Making coin like you're royalty

Medievally thriving

NFT's nuts

Buy a monkey or cat

So we can cash you outside

How about that?

The stuff that you have

You can't enjoy

'Cause you're always on the hunt

For that next new toy

You think this'll spark some life inside

Feel a rush, buckle up, get a dopamine high

You're cruising now in a car that can drive for you

Whatever it takes to not have to think things through

Five, six, seven

Monotony

(Monotony)

Shake up the monotony

(Shake up the monotony)

Break up the monotony

(Break up the monotony)

Of your life

Buy a dream

(Buy a dream)

You deserve something

(You deserve something)

To break the monotony

Of living your life

You've got, you've got

I woke up to a lightbulb  Every little thing is possible  I woke up to a feeling  Every little thing has meaning

Now I'm gonna use my two hands  I'm gonna move a mountain  I woke up to a lightbulb on  Every little thing is possible now

Love is a bright idea  Love is a brilliant plan  I built my life around a bright idea  I built my life around the love that I've found

I woke up to a new day  Every little thing gonna go my way  I woke up to a perfect thought  Every little thing in a perfect spot

Now I 'm gonna use my own voice  I'm gonna sing the song of my choice  I woke up to a lightbulb on  Every little thing is possible now

Love is a bright idea  Love is a brilliant plan  I built my life around a bright idea  I built my life around the love that I've found

I'm gonna use my two feet  I'm gonna walk to my own beat  I woke up to a lightbulb on  Every little thing is possible, hey

I don't wanna talk

About the things we've gone through

Though it's hurting me

Now it's history

I've played all my cards

And that's what you've done too

Nothing more to say

No more ace to play

The winner takes it all

The loser standing small

Beside the victory

That's her destiny

I was in your arms

Thinking I belonged there

I figured it made sense

Building me a fence

Building me a home

Thinking I'd be strong there

But I was a fool

Playing by the rules

The gods may throw the dice

Their minds as cold as ice

And someone way down here

Loses someone dear

The winner takes it all

The loser has to fall

It's simple and it's plain

Why should I complain?

But tell me does she kiss

Like I used to kiss you?

Does it feel the same

When she calls your name?

Somewhere deep inside

You must know I miss you

But what can I say

Rules must be obeyed

The judges will decide

The likes of me abide

Spectators of the show

Always staying low

The game is on again

A lover or a friend

A big thing or a small

The winner takes it all

I don't wanna talk

'Coz it makes me feel sad

And I understand

You've come to shake my hand

I apologize

If it makes you feel bad

Seeing me so tense

No self-confidence

But you see

The winner takes it all

The winner takes it all

The game is on again

A lover or a friend

A big thing or a small

The winner takes it all