[Verse 1]
Sing the fucking songs you told the world to sing
Sing it right unless you want to fail
Listen back and punch the shit that we don't like
You can't do it right in just one take

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Because you aren't good enough
You were never good enough to sing your own songs oh so perfect

[Verse 2]
If you fuck this up you fuck the record deal
And respect of all our famous friends
Drift too far and it is inaccessible
Do it right, we worked as hard as you

[Pre-Chorus 2]
And we didn't come this far
For you to fuck this up and then just fuck our whole damn lives

[Chorus 1]
So write some songs with lots of hooks
Remember why you wrote songs in the first place
Let's start a band
This is all that you can do
So write some songs with lots of hooks
Remember why you wrote songs in the first place
Let's start a band
This is all that you can do

[Verse 3]
So cut the cookie, five sharp points to make a star
Cut the corners, get the biggest tours
Traffic violations mean bad credit now
Twenty triple zeroes in the hole

[Pre-Chorus 3]
And it wouldn't be so bad
If we crashed the fucking van and watched our fucking debt go up in flames
You know it wouldn't be so bad if we just threw up our hands
Instead of feeding something I did not want to create
Your underground is a mistake

[Chorus 2]
So write a song without a hook
Remember why you wrote songs in the first place
Not to start a band
We've got nothing else to do

Let's write a song without a hook
Remember why you wrote songs in the first place
Not for a man
Who runs a fucking focus group
So write a song without a hook
Remember why you wrote songs in the first place
Not for a man
Who runs a fucking focus group

So write a song without a hook
Remember why you wrote songs in the first place
Not to impress
The band you opened up for yesterday