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 will 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 cliches

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