He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
cause high school
could be
a mini me
of the rest of society
there's always
a prom queen
there'll always be
always be sororities
and sadly
some'll be
eternally
keeping score for popularity
but just cause
they all do
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
high school is like a big competition
beauty contests, prom court is the mission
there can only be one queen, one king
everyone voting, everyone competing
but these are the rules, the way of high school
when someone puts you down, that's so high school
someone talks behind your back, that's so high school
thinkin' you have to get them back, that's also high school
i know
i'll be
graduating early
cause high school
could be
a mini me
of the rest of society
there's always
a prom queen
there'll always be
always be sororities
and sadly
some'll be
eternally
keeping score for popularity
but just cause
they all do
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
high school is like the state of the nation
some people never change after graduation
believing any light you shine makes theirs lesser
they have to prove to everyone that theirs is better
these are the rules, the ways of high school
if someone puts you down, that's so high school
believing they're too cool for you, that's so high school
and you believe it too, that's also high school
i know
i'll be
graduating early
cause high school
could be
a mini me
of the rest of society
there's always
a prom queen
there'll always be
always be sororities
and sadly
some'll be
eternally
keeping score for popularity
but just cause
they all do
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
we've all got bad yearbook photos
which we've forgot to let go
and just like acne our insecurity
should be something we left with the j.v.
so here's to letting go of yearbook photos
things we kept that hold us down
so that was yesterday, there's always tomorrow
we are tomorrow, we are tomorrow
i know
i'll be
graduating early
cause high school
could be
a mini me
of the rest of society
there's always
a prom queen
there'll always be
always be sororities
and sadly
some'll be
eternally
keeping score for popularity
but just cause
they all do
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
could be
a mini me
of the rest of society
there's always
a prom queen
there'll always be
always be sororities
and sadly
some'll be
eternally
keeping score for popularity
but just cause
they all do
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
high school is like a big competition
beauty contests, prom court is the mission
there can only be one queen, one king
everyone voting, everyone competing
but these are the rules, the way of high school
when someone puts you down, that's so high school
someone talks behind your back, that's so high school
thinkin' you have to get them back, that's also high school
i know
i'll be
graduating early
cause high school
could be
a mini me
of the rest of society
there's always
a prom queen
there'll always be
always be sororities
and sadly
some'll be
eternally
keeping score for popularity
but just cause
they all do
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
high school is like the state of the nation
some people never change after graduation
believing any light you shine makes theirs lesser
they have to prove to everyone that theirs is better
these are the rules, the ways of high school
if someone puts you down, that's so high school
believing they're too cool for you, that's so high school
and you believe it too, that's also high school
i know
i'll be
graduating early
cause high school
could be
a mini me
of the rest of society
there's always
a prom queen
there'll always be
always be sororities
and sadly
some'll be
eternally
keeping score for popularity
but just cause
they all do
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
we've all got bad yearbook photos
which we've forgot to let go
and just like acne our insecurity
should be something we left with the j.v.
so here's to letting go of yearbook photos
things we kept that hold us down
so that was yesterday, there's always tomorrow
we are tomorrow, we are tomorrow
i know
i'll be
graduating early
cause high school
could be
a mini me
of the rest of society
there's always
a prom queen
there'll always be
always be sororities
and sadly
some'll be
eternally
keeping score for popularity
but just cause
they all do
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
Lyrics submitted by malsetsfire
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