Hasbeen
The stories he told were getting old
As he clearly lacked any intuition
A bit long in the tooth and he'd relive his youth
With any passing John that was willing to listen
Hasbeen he once did a thing
Went to Spain had a summer flings
Toured the world and saw some art
Did some drugs and lived the part
Really was on top of it
Muck'd it up got in the shit
Should have seen him way back when
Won't ever see his like again
Who you are and who you were
Time stands still then life's a blur
Fabricate what didn't take
Can't discern the real from fake
Well past his prime nostalgia isn't a crime
But it goddamn sure can leave you bored to death
Stuck in the past and maybe short on the facts
Of way back when before he was a has been
Hasbeen really made his mark
Never thought he'd jump the shark
Lived a life that few survive
Barely made it out alive
Left some loves at ports of call
Niagara Falls, the Berlin Wall
Not a place he hasn't been
Days like that won't come again
Who you are and who you were
Time stands still then life's a blur
Fabricate what didn't take
Can't discern the real from fake
The man and the myth have finally come to this
A dusty artifact of who he was in the past
A shadow of himself a trophy put on a shelf
His ideal him that never get back
Hasbeen lived a life of dreams
As they're told on movie screens
Even if just half is true
He's someone we'll be glad we knew
Hit his stride so long ago
Who he was is hard to know
When he looks back on today
Do these become his glory days?
Who you are and who you were
Time stands still then life's a blur
Fabricate what didn't take
Can't discern the real from fake
Who you are who you were
Time stands still then life's a blur
Fabricate what didn't take
Dreamers die and makers make
As he clearly lacked any intuition
A bit long in the tooth and he'd relive his youth
With any passing John that was willing to listen
Hasbeen he once did a thing
Went to Spain had a summer flings
Toured the world and saw some art
Did some drugs and lived the part
Really was on top of it
Muck'd it up got in the shit
Should have seen him way back when
Won't ever see his like again
Who you are and who you were
Time stands still then life's a blur
Fabricate what didn't take
Can't discern the real from fake
Well past his prime nostalgia isn't a crime
But it goddamn sure can leave you bored to death
Stuck in the past and maybe short on the facts
Of way back when before he was a has been
Hasbeen really made his mark
Never thought he'd jump the shark
Lived a life that few survive
Barely made it out alive
Left some loves at ports of call
Niagara Falls, the Berlin Wall
Not a place he hasn't been
Days like that won't come again
Who you are and who you were
Time stands still then life's a blur
Fabricate what didn't take
Can't discern the real from fake
The man and the myth have finally come to this
A dusty artifact of who he was in the past
A shadow of himself a trophy put on a shelf
His ideal him that never get back
Hasbeen lived a life of dreams
As they're told on movie screens
Even if just half is true
He's someone we'll be glad we knew
Hit his stride so long ago
Who he was is hard to know
When he looks back on today
Do these become his glory days?
Who you are and who you were
Time stands still then life's a blur
Fabricate what didn't take
Can't discern the real from fake
Who you are who you were
Time stands still then life's a blur
Fabricate what didn't take
Dreamers die and makers make
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Writer(s): Michael Huntsman, Patrick Sweeney
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