Hurry up before you go and get old Hurry up before your blood runs cold None of us were ever meant to stay We're all gonna find out one day You see life's too short to run it like a race So it's never gonna matter if you win first place 'Cause we're all the same Stop waitin' on your fifteen minutes of fame 'Cause you're not special I'm not tryin' to rain on your parade But you're not special I'm not tryin' to bring to you down I'm not tryin' to sound so inaffectual But you're not special Hurry up before the bottle kicks in Before the poison and the pain sets in If you take it down a notch and you let me explain That on this earth we are all the same And all I can say is Stop waitin' on your fifteen minutes of fame 'Cause you're not special I'm not tryin' to rain on your parade But you're not special I'm not tryin' to bring to you down I'm not tryin' to sound so inaffectual 'Cause you're not special We all live to love, we all fall apart We'd all go to war for the faint of heart Instead we're condescending There are no happy endings I won't hold my breath, I won't cast a doubt I'd never sell you out But I'll give you one last chance to own it 'Cause you're not a god or a poet, so Stop waitin' on your fifteen minutes of fame 'Cause you're not special I'm not tryin' to rain on your parade But you're not special I'm not tryin' to bring to you down I'm not tryin' to sound so ineffectual But you're not special Get up, get up Get a move on Get up, get up But you're not special Get up, get up Get a move on Just know that, just know that But you're not special 'Cause you're not special 'Cause you're not special