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Second Best

From Beautiful OblivionTrack 83:56
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"Second Best" is a track by Issues, from the album Beautiful Oblivion. The track is 3:56 long. Full lyrics are available below.

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Issues

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Second Best

I think that I'm just second best
I think that I'm just second best
Alive is all I am
Alive is all I am

The pain is too surreal
But I'm far from numb
Nothing can explain the way I feel (so I run)
Breaking down to save myself
Like all my friends I burn my lips
On cigarettes 'cause I refuse to let them end

You say it gets better
But I don't wanna hear it, wanna learn the hard way

Ooh, go bother somebody else
Ooh, and let me live in my hell
The last thing I need
Is for someone to walk out on me

I think that I'm just second best
I think that I'm just second best

When enough's enough, I swear I'll let you know
Right now the best thing for me is to fight on my own
You say it gets better
But I don't wanna hear it, wanna learn the hard way

Ooh, go bother somebody else
Ooh, and let me live in my hell
The last thing I need
Is for someone to walk out on me

Sometimes I wanna get lost
Just listen to Citizen and be pissed off 'cause
The last thing I need
Is for someone to walk out on me

I think that I'm just second best
I think that I'm just second best
I think that I'm just second best (alive is all I am)
I think that I'm just second best (alive is all I am)

I think that I'm just second best
I think that I'm just second best
Alive is all I am
Alive is all I am

I think that I'm just second best
I think that I'm just second best
Alive is all I am
Alive is all I am

I think that I'm just second best
Alive is all I am
Alive is all I am
Ooh

Go bother somebody else
And let me live in my hell
The last thing I need
Is for someone to walk out on me

Sometimes I wanna get lost
Just listen to Citizen and be pissed off 'cause
The last thing I need
Is for someone to walk out on me

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Track details

From Beautiful Oblivion

3:56
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Album
Beautiful Oblivion
Beautiful Oblivion
Issues
4th October 2019
Track number
8
  1. 1Here's To You
    4:40
  2. 2Drink About It
    3:29
  3. 3Find Forever
    3:39
  4. 4Tapping Out
    3:38
  5. 5Without You
    3:02
  6. 6Rain
    2:50
  7. 7Downfall
    3:53
  8. 8Second Best
    3:56
  9. 9Get It Right
    2:59
  10. 10Flexin
    2:26
  11. 11No Problem (Keep It Alive)
    4:01
  12. 12Your Sake
    4:12
  13. 13Beautiful Oblivion
    3:36
  14. —Tapping Out
    3:38
  15. —Drink About It
    3:29

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  10. Find ForeverBeautiful Oblivion
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