No Such Thing

"Welcome to the real world"
she said to me kind of condescendingly
"Take a seat, take your life
plot it out in black and white"
Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
and the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
is still hiding up my sleeve

They love to tell you "stay inside the lines"
but something's better on the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
just a lie you've got to rise above

So the good boys and girls take the so-called right track
faded white hats grabbing the credits and making transfers
they read all the books but they can't find the answers
and all of our parents, they're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
while in their memories, tiny tragedies

they love to tell you "stay inside the lines"
but something's better on the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
just a lie you've got to rise above

I am invincible
I am invincible
I am invincible
as long as I'm alive

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
just a lie you've got to rise above

I just can't wait till my ten year reunion
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
and when I stand on these tables before you
you will know what all this time was for


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Mary Margarette White
Mary Margarette WhiteNo such thing as a foolish heart.
FishnetLullaby
FishnetLullabyI forgot how good John Mayer was/is
Segembre Lee
Segembre Leei love your songs
andres r
andres rthey love to tell you stay inside the lines, but somethings better on the other side. gets me all the time
Jonathan Vasquez
Jonathan VasquezJohn Mayer is super dope ???? ????
Kyra
Kyra“Take a seat. Take your life. Plot it out in black and white.... they love to tell you stay inside the lines, but something’s better on the other side....I just found out there’s no such thing as the real world, just a lie you have to rise above.”
Luke Duncan
Luke DuncanJust saw the music video for the first time and it gave me .01% more understanding
Sterling Pless
Sterling Pless2004 k??
Luke Kandel
Luke KandelJust graduated!!!!!
Crystal Wilson
Crystal WilsonLove this song My son just graduated college, this song was going through my mind all through his graduation
Keith WOLF Hoskin
Keith WOLF HoskinI EMBRACE BEIN A FUCKIN N.E.R.D .. ????????????????
La Bey
La BeyI still feel invincible at 38
Trajan East
Trajan EastMakes me very sad when I hear this song it reminds me of how good life was and memories that I cherish and will hold onto forever
offbeat brandon
offbeat brandonI heard this song a couple of years ago and at the time I did not know who sang this song nor did I know the name of it. After it recently popped up on my Tiktok FYP page, I decided to listen to it closely to see if I remembered it. Imagine my surprise when I found out it was John Mayer who sang it and that the song was called "No Such Thing". I thought it was something else
charles davis
charles davisAlways great lyrics. But at 72 what do I know about lyrics?
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