It was obvious but I just couldn't see it
How to stay on the playlist, stay ageless and pretty
How to avoid the remarks that are so callous and damning
To shake off the truth and retain all the glamour

Well have you heard of stars that are relentlessly living?
Oh do you care that the world can be so unforgiving?
It's so desperately easy to fall out of orbit
And now I'm all burnt out I am so certainly for it

There's only one more step I know
Maybe it could be avoided but I don't think so
I guess I'm ready, here we go
I've been walking on the faultlines
And I've been taking the dark route home
I've been dancing on the landmines
There is nowhere else to go

In the end it will be my beginning
To get on the A-list I'll just quit while I'm winning
To forgive not forget, to repent not regret
And as I close my eyes, it'll be my bravest move yet

In the wake of this my finest hour
When the party ends and the sweetness turns sour
It's so desperately easy for me to employ it
The only catch is I'm not here to enjoy it

I've been getting drunk and playing with matches
Listening to the radio in the bath
I've been crossing main roads with my eyes closed
My name in lights or my name in stone