Lyrics - Dear Frustrated Superstar - Nerina Pallot

Dear frustrated superstar
Your mother's waiting in the car
To whisk you off to your new premiere
And all the friends who knew your name
Are waiting, wondering what became
Of the girl that they once knew but never loved
They never loved

So every city tells the lie
Of tramps, beggars, butterflies
Of all these things, then what am I?
A princess in a threadbare gown,
A gaudy, painted circus clown?
A child who lost her key and can't get home?

All the things I never was -
A traitor of the Western Wars
A girl who did it just because
Do or die, or don't at all
Prepare to suffer for your call
Some things have to hurt or they're not true
They can't be true

When you die, you'll wonder, was that it?
Will you think of how you wished you'd lived?
Well, you're here now
Yeah you're here now
So I only want to be up there
With a hundred others, I don't care
'Cause I'm here now
Yeah I'm here now

Papers, books, philosophy
And envelops eternity
I count each passing minute, hour, day.....
Wonder how I smile so well,
I wonder how they never tell
There's really no one living here at all

So here a line from God's own song
To comfort you when things go wrong
My children never visit me
Go searching in my sky at night
It must be there to set alight
Their mothers aching heart is so unsure
I'm so unsure....

When you die, you'll wonder, was that it?
Will you think of how you wished you'd lived?
Well, you're here now
Yeah you're here now
So I only want to be up there
With a hundred others, I don't care
'Cause I'm here now
Yeah I'm here now again, again
Again

Dear frustrated superstar,
I really hope you get that far
If not, I hope you live
I hope you live