[Verse 1]
I thought I'd die at seventeen, so why am I afraid
To accept I'm not perfectly my dreams from seventh grade?
I'm making up some fantasies to stop the bills I pay
'Cause once I've moved on mentally, I've slept my youth away

[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me what's wrong with the world
'Cause I've been turned so cynical
Someone call mom, life just hurts, and I need some medical
Can somebody please hear me when I say the pretty lies?
Then nothing evеr matters and someday we'rе gonna die

[Chorus]
So, I guess I'll be your teenage nightmare, ooh
Your teenage nightmare, ooh-oh, oh

[Verse 2]
Hey little boy, you wasted all your life
Trying to be the best in class, and now you're out of time
Gotta drink away the feeling that these golden years have been
A fucked up lie
Wanna run away and live the life I've missed
I've been searching for the feeling of eternal bliss
Look at this high-achiever turn into a self-loathing narcissist
[Pre-Chorus]
It's the last prom, and I'm queen of the land of broken dreams
Give me my crown, and I'll sleep 'til the edge of seventeen
Society fucked all my dreams and made me grow up small
Don't ever think I'll move on from these broken high school halls

[Chorus]
So, I guess I'll be your teenage nightmare, ooh
Your teenage nightmare, ooh-oh, oh

[Bridge]
Hey, I burn everything that I touch
And I still don't know how to self-love
And I think I'm insane, but ain't that the fucking world
Hey, And by the time I grow old
We'll be fucked and ready to blow
So, might as well go insane and blow our brains while we can

[Outro]
Teenage dreams are make-believe when nothing's real at all
Virginity and sanity, I lost them in the fall
So, I guess I'll be your teenage nightmare, ooh
Your teenage nightmare, ooh-oh, oh
Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm
Mm, mm-mm, mm-mm