Second Best - Barenaked Ladies

Everything’s a lie

We’re all gonna die

Before we say goodbye, let’s attack

I admit it’s bleak

But I give it a week

Until our friends the meek give it back

Is it true?

Well it’s true enough I guess

Join the chorus of the second best

Second best (several times)

What’s left of you that’s real

A mutated ideal

With limited appeal, I suggest

If hitting is an art

Then it’s drawn us apart

When you erased your heart and beat your chest

Is it you?

Well it’s you enough I guess

You’re an angel in a see-through dress

Is it true, yes it’s true enough I guess

Second best (Several times)

Perhaps it’s just as well

That I still look like hell

At least the world can tell us apart

Is it true?

Yes it’s true enough I guess

Come join the chorus of the unimpressed

Is it true, yes it’s true enough I guess

Sometimes it’s better to be second best

Second best (several times)