My achievements seem so humble
While you're making wine from water
While my hand work the cold soil
All you toch turns into gold
And I don't wanna be like you

I don't wanna be like you
It seems like you outrun me every time
I want to be you
Why can't I erase you from my mind

I don't wanna be like you
It seems like you outrun me every time
I want to be you
Why can't I erase you from my mind

All the heroes in the gutter
Finally get their ever after
As they lay their final glance
Upon your ever shining armor
And I don't want to be like you

I don't wanna be like you
It seems like you outrun me every time
I want to be you
Why can't I erase you from my mind

Looking from a distance,
The difference seems so small
Has the grass been greener
On the other side at all?

I don't wanna be like you
It seems like you outrun me every time
I want to be you
Why can't I erase you from my mind

I don't wanna be like you
It seems like you outrun me every time
I want to be you
Why can't I erase you from my mind


Lyrics submitted by HystericRomance

Invidia Lyrics as written by Johanna Charlotte Wessels David M Martijn Westerholt

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    Just based on the title, you can guess that this song is about envy. However, there's a flip-side and Ronald's lines really sum it up: "Has the grass been greener on the other side at all?"

    You can be jealous of someone and acknowledge that, but in the end is what they have all that much better than what you have? And then you realize that you don't really want to be them.

    Well, that's my take on this great song. :)

    HystericRomanceon March 30, 2009   Link

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