The Opener

Someone spilled their beer on me Wash it off, I rinse and repeat Be sure to get here a little early I'm playing right at 7:30 No one knows my name in this crowd I'll sing my little nameless heart out I'm putting on a damn good show If it's the last thing I do I'm just the opener, that's all I'll ever be I'm the opener, talk right over me 'Cause the concert starts the second I leave Gotta learn to soak it all in 'Cause time is sand that's slowly slipping Right through my fingers Can't shut my mouth, I'm the lead singer Working hard on the holiday Third winter that I've spent away I put my life on pause I'll stop and hold for applause I'm just the opener, that's all I'll ever be I'm the opener, full of apologies When the credits roll, they won't include me I don't know how to sing about sex Those parts of my life don't intersect I never understood What they're all singing about I'm staring at you from the crowd Hoping you'll single me out But that's not how it happens Doing backflips, doing backbends like a clown I'm just the opener, that's all I'll ever be I'm the opener, getting you off for free When you find your way home, you'll forget about me 'Cause I am full of clichés and two note melodies I'm a Radiohead rip-off, I'd be huge in 1993 My hopes are up to nothing good, relying on a reckless dream I live and die for Hollywood, I sacrifice my self-esteem My hopes are doing nothing good My hopes are doing nothing good for me That should be me, that should be me That should be That should be me, that should be me That should be It sounds unrehearsed, tried so hard it hurts Gonna get what I deserve, I'm still the opener I'm still the opener, I'm still the opener Someone spilled their beer on me