Teenage Soap Opera

The 5 o'clock alarm and your mother's downstairs The radio's on as she's cleaning round the chairs Got to get ready for the bus at eight She's on a final written warning so she can't be late You better get yourself off to school now Or you won't get there at all... You're starring in a... Teenage heartbreak soap opera Your brother's in the mirror counting spots again He used to have 25, now he's got 10 You can't find your books and your homework's late And the vitamins your mother left, you forgot to take You left your coat by the back door And the cat slept in it all night And your best friend texted to tell you That you're going to get in a fight You're starring in a... Teenage heartbreak soap opera A tale of loss and how the world forgot you A teenage heartbreak soap opera A standing ovation picking up an Oscar There's cellotape marks on your bedroom wall From the pictures you made when you were small Your computer still runs on Windows 98 And your dad don't care because he thinks it's great School's out early cos the heating's gone down You can't go home so you go to town Looking at the faces of the people so sad Hoping that your life won't turn out that bad You're running out of expectations They were never even really high And you're looking for an explanation For the way that you feel inside You're starring in a... Teenage heartbreak soap opera A tale of loss and how the world forgot you A teenage heartbreak soap opera A standing ovation picking up an Oscar