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