Not Easy To Win This Way

You used to climb the mountains, but now they push you up,
You used to shine like the sun, but now they turn on the light.
Your every effort used to be rewarded with a throne and a crown,
But now they push you up while you're pulling yourself down.

Refrain:
And it's not easy to win this way
Without having faught enough, without grace,
'Cause no matter what their praising would say
You still got tears running down your face.
They still see you as a hero, but you're fading every day,
'Cause it's really not easy to win this way.

No matter the flowers, the statues they're building for you,
You know that most of them are for parade and untrue.
No matter the prizes, the endless applause that you got,
'Cause they won't turn you back into something you're not.

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Too proud to admit they let you win because they adore you
And they know there's never been anyone better before you.
But deep inside you know you won without fighting enough
And winning without deserving cuts just like a knife.

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