Consolation Prize

Candy corn
Candy corn
I'm getting older
It disgusts me now
Nothing but sugar
It disgusts me now
Candy corn
Candy corn

If my new found shame
Twists my face or makes my name
Unreadable
Please let me know

I'm tired of all the days
The years I tried but I'm still here
And I've got trophies
For all my wasted times
They're just for effort
My consolation prize

My name was slandered
Profanely written on the wall
I was accused of the crime
I proudly took the fall
I had to write on the blackboard
I will not say my name
I wrote it a thousand times
With my friends watching me

Every night
And day
I can't stay
Just for you
I can't stay just for you

And so
I can't go far from here
This is my home in spite of fear
I can't run from my tears
This is my home in spite of fear

I can't say why
I'm sick of all the things I've tried to be
I've got ribbons
For all the things
I could not achieve
And trophies for all my wasted times
They're just for effort
My consolation prize

And I'll tell you
Why I came
To fill my dream
Clear my name