I'll Never Live Up to You Lyrics

When they laid you out
On the metal table
They got the suit right
But they weren't able to erase the glare
You've been dead for 16 years
A myth suspended in amber
Reputation
Burnished by fear

If they would believe me
I would tell them all the truth about you

About you, about you
About you, about you

I'll never live up to you
I'll never live up to you
I'll never live up to
I'll never live up to you
Even Mao, he looks all right
On a 40-foot billboard
All doe-eyed
But we remember the night

Expectations were all I heard
They took me at my word
But I couldn't do
What he wanted me to do
If they would believe me
I would tell them all the truth about you

About you, about you
About you, about you

I'll never live up to you
I'll never live up to you
I'll never live up to you
I'll never live up to you

I'll never live up to you
I'll never live up to you
I'll never live up to
I'll never live up to you