[ti:Ego (Explicit)] [ar:Halsey] [al:Ego (Explicit)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ego (Explicit) - Halsey [00:01.09]Lyrics by:Halsey/Greg Kurstin/Gregory Aldae Hein [00:04.01]Composed by:Halsey/Greg Kurstin/Gregory Aldae Hein [00:06.92]Produced by:Greg Kurstin/Wyatt Bernard/Michael Uzowuru/Austin Corona [00:10.57]I'm caught up in the everyday trend [00:13.09]Tied up by invisible thread [00:14.82]Walking down a razor-thin edge [00:16.82]And I wake up tired think I'm better off dead [00:19.45]Been a few months since I crossed over state lines [00:21.65]Talk to my mom fake smiles over FaceTime [00:24.10]Drink all night till I can't walk a straight line [00:26.29]Feel so low but I'm high at the same time [00:28.63]I can't keep my feet on the ground [00:32.86]And I'm nervous what you'll think of me now [00:37.51]I'm hoping that someone comes around [00:40.58]And helps me figure it out [00:46.86]I think that I should try to kill my ego [00:51.40]'Cause if I don't my ego might kill me [00:56.02]I'm all grown up but somehow lately [00:58.15]I'm acting like a ******* baby [01:00.63]I'm really not as happy as I seem [01:05.25]Still a little kid that can't make friends [01:07.48]Wanna be invited but I won't attend [01:09.39]I been having bad dreams my career could end [01:11.78]'Cause I slip up when I should've played pretend [01:14.34]Turned eighteen and I left the city [01:16.19]I said "I wanna be cool I don't wanna be pretty" [01:18.77]Voices all came crashing down [01:20.88]And said "You're too nice to run this town" [01:23.67]I can't keep my feet on the ground [01:27.72]And I'm nervous what you'll think of me now [01:32.49]I'm hoping that someone comes around [01:35.45]And helps me figure it out [01:41.68]I think that I should try to kill my ego [01:46.15]'Cause if I don't my ego might kill me [01:50.83]I'm all grown up but somehow lately [01:53.17]I'm acting like a ******* baby [01:55.30]I'm really not as happy as I seem [01:59.05]Nothing's as it seems [02:03.47]Yeah nothing's as it seems [02:09.00]And I'm all grown up but somehow lately [02:11.47]I'm acting like a ******* baby [02:13.86]I'm really not that happy being me [02:18.49]I don't like the lie I'm living [02:20.57]I'm way too nice and too forgiving [02:22.84]I wanna go back to the beginning [02:24.87]When it all felt right [02:27.38]A rooftop Lower East Side I'm singing [02:29.92]Didn't give a **** if I was winning [02:32.10]It's all done now so who am I kidding [02:36.51]I'm doing way worse than I'm admitting [02:38.81]I think that I should try to kill my ego [02:43.36]'Cause if I don't my ego might kill me [02:47.94]I'm all grown up but somehow lately [02:50.18]I'm acting like a ******* baby [02:52.43]I'm really not as happy as I seem [02:56.18]Nothing's as it seems [03:00.64]Yeah nothing's as it seems [03:06.08]And I'm all grown up but somehow lately [03:08.42]I'm acting like a ******* baby [03:10.78]I'm really not that happy being me