Starlight effect and a cigarette You should be getting ready for the big day Quotas to fill, bills to pay The centre of the world on a pedestal Until it's your turn to take the fall Everyone's there, no one gives you a call Hype comes, love goes, everybody fades Hiding every day behind the shelter of your shades You can't make it go away Ginger shot, vitamins, shower cold, feeling old Just do everything the way you arе told Case closed, soul sold Everybody's waiting at thе ball For you to shine now, for you to shine now Everybody's waiting at the ball Everybody's waiting at the ball For you to shine like a lighthouse after all Everybody's waiting at the ball What a wonderful life A perfect time to get lost in deep, unoriginal line There's nothing left, just flight or die Lonesome and run down Can't tell the sky from the ground Turn little around No one's ever gonna make it easy, love You're the only one who can, the only one Hype comes, love goes, everybody fades Hiding every day behind the shelter of your shades You can't make it go away Ginger shot, vitamins, shower cold, feeling old Just do everything the way you are told Case closed, soul sold (Everybody's waiting at the ball) For you to shine now, for you to shine now Everybody's waiting at the ball Everybody's waiting at the ball For you to shine like a lighthouse after all Everybody's waiting (everybody's waiting) Everybody's waiting (everybody's waiting) At the ball At the ball At the ball