[Verse 1]
You sell a clean life in a rented white room
Crop out the dishes, crop out the gloom
Say what you mean, then you check who is near
I wear the same coat from the start of the year
My sink has a cup with a crack by the rim
I miss a few calls, I don't dress it as wins
You keep your best face pinned tight to the frame
I show up tired and answer my name
[Chorus]
I’m ordinary, nothing to prove
No perfect little story, no polished move
You can keep the mask and the practiced lines
I’d rather be plain than pretend I’m fine
Ordinary, still standing here
No borrowed shine, no costume fear
If this is all I am, let it be true
I’ve got nothing to sell you
[Verse 2]
Your laugh lands late when the right crowd arrives
You praise every stranger, then score their lives
A spotless opinion, a spotless excuse
A dozen small lies dressed up as the truth
I know my own limits; I know where I bend
I’ve said “I was wrong” and stayed for the end
No gold-plated halo, no saint in disguise
Just work boots by the door and sleep in my eyes
[Chorus]
I’m ordinary, nothing to prove
No perfect little story, no polished move
You can keep the mask and the practiced lines
I’d rather be plain than pretend I’m fine
Ordinary, still standing here
No borrowed shine, no costume fear
If this is all I am, let it be true
I’ve got nothing to sell you
[Bridge]
When the room goes quiet, who stays in the chair?
Who can sit with a flaw and still leave it there?
I don’t need a witness to know what I meant
I can live with the life that I actually spent
[Final Chorus]
I’m ordinary, nothing to prove
No perfect little story, no polished move
You can keep the mask and the practiced lines
I’d rather be plain than pretend I’m fine
Ordinary, still standing here
No borrowed shine, no costume fear
If this is all I am, let it be true
I’ve got nothing to sell you
[Outro]
Same coat, cracked cup, keys by the door
No better than you, no less than before