I think this song is about the lead singers past and present girlfriends, and how they think they're the greatest and so lucky when walking around with the lead singer on her arm. people stare now, but before they didn't cause she was just an ordinary girl.
Like he says "this whole routine is getting old", and "you're all the same", so that's him thinking "this is happening too many times, all these girls are the same.
"You like the way the people stare at you now, You look so fake..." is when he's talking about how the girls always get caught up in his fame, and are not dedicated to him as a person.
"You set yourself up to be sold, And that's okay 'cause that's your role, Manipulation takes it toll, What will you do when nobody wants you?" is him saying how the girls are always trying to be "sold", like in a magazine, news article, interview or in photos taken by the paparazzi. And he's saying that it's okay and he's accepting it because that's just their role, because that's what they all do. And then he's saying the consequences of the gf's actions, like him dumping her, and he's just like asking 'what will they do when nobody wants you?', because nobody will even care about the girl now that she's not with someone in a famous band.
"I know I stood so long beside you, And I know I should have left you right where I had found you" is where he's saying he regrets staying with her so long when he knew she wasn't in it for him but his status, and he's wishing he had never gotten into a relationship with her because this sort of thing always happens, and he's only wasting his time.
I think this song is about the lead singers past and present girlfriends, and how they think they're the greatest and so lucky when walking around with the lead singer on her arm. people stare now, but before they didn't cause she was just an ordinary girl.
Like he says "this whole routine is getting old", and "you're all the same", so that's him thinking "this is happening too many times, all these girls are the same.
"You like the way the people stare at you now, You look so fake..." is when he's talking about how the girls always get caught up in his fame, and are not dedicated to him as a person.
"You set yourself up to be sold, And that's okay 'cause that's your role, Manipulation takes it toll, What will you do when nobody wants you?" is him saying how the girls are always trying to be "sold", like in a magazine, news article, interview or in photos taken by the paparazzi. And he's saying that it's okay and he's accepting it because that's just their role, because that's what they all do. And then he's saying the consequences of the gf's actions, like him dumping her, and he's just like asking 'what will they do when nobody wants you?', because nobody will even care about the girl now that she's not with someone in a famous band.
"I know I stood so long beside you, And I know I should have left you right where I had found you" is where he's saying he regrets staying with her so long when he knew she wasn't in it for him but his status, and he's wishing he had never gotten into a relationship with her because this sort of thing always happens, and he's only wasting his time.