[Intro]
I thought I was the next big thing but it turns out, mm-mm-mm
[Chorus]
I thought I was the next big thing but it turns out
I'm just a flash in the pan
Had my mindset on the finer things but it turns out, mm-mm-mm
You get fifteen minutes (Fifteen minutes)
Then your fifteen minutes is up
And you're just a flash, a flash, in the pan
[Verse 1]
Promising debut, sophomore slump
Lovely numbers, critical snub
Softboy status, loved by mums
D-list, famous and cold beat love
And post-post-punk in an old Post Office
Nobody likes them if they're really being honest
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Then a polyphonic demon, looks like Martin Freeman
Hairline receding, oh but you should've seen it
Back in 1993, couldn't fit the Coliseum
Career slowly weakened, and when I got to see him
He's travelled here from Sweden, the venue smells of semen
Disabled toilet green room, and the stage looks uneven
I know it feels mean, I can't stop myself from feeling
That one day I might be him, and I don't wanna be him, oh
[Chorus]
I thought I was the next big thing, but it turned out
I'm just a flash in the pan
I thought that I was so much, s-s-so much better than that
I'm just a flash in the pan
I thought that I was so new, thought that I was so, so, so cool
I'm just a flash in the pan (Hey, yeah)
That I was one in a million, but as a matter of fact
I just got fifteen minutes (Fifteen minutes)
And then my fifteen minutes were up
Oh, I got fifteen minutes (Fifteen minutes)
And then my fifteen minutes were up, oh
I got fifteen minutes (Fifteen minutes)
And then my fifteen minutes were up
Yeah, I'm just a flash, a flash in the pan
I'm just a flash in the pan
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Look, is it a bird, is it a plane?
No, it's just me
I'm flying so high, wooh, living my dreams
I'm collecting pebbles when I should be watching the clocks
So don't be fooled by the rocks that I got, they're just rocks
While my friends are having babies and getting their mortgage
I'm drawin' pretty pictures, please put them on your fridge
Gimme a gold star, tell me that I did good
Tell me that I won't regret this in 2042
[Refrain]
(I've dropped into first)
(I'm drawing in the second)
(And time, won't change my mind)
(Thought I was the next big thing but it turns out)
I'm just a flash in the plan
(Thought that I was so much better, s-s-so much better than that)
I'm not quite what I thought I was
I'm not one of the chosen ones
I'm not one in a million
I'm just one of the billions
Of understated, bad-beat dull apes, never to be overrated
Or loved by strangers, on the pavement
They know your name, and it feels amazing, oh
[Outro]
I thought I was the next big thing but it turned out
I'm just a flash in the pan
Had my mindset on the finer things but it turned out
I got fifteen minutes (Fifteen minutes)
And then my fifteen minutes were up
And I'm just a flash, a flash, a flash in the pan
