Some die while they're young
way before their time has come
Some make a difference some make history
but behind that smile their life's a mystery
The great pretender so sad your eyes
loved by millions still you couldn't disguise
Genius nothing's ever easy
Genius nothing could ever please you
Just a boy sent to school all alone
Another country another way while his family is still back home
No one to talk to no one to tuck him in
so shy and a unsure made a mind set to win
Somebody to love was never enough
a life full of excesses a tragic d**h as such
Genius nothing's ever easy
Genius nothing could ever please you
You lived your life so extreme
your art was like something I've never seen
You threw the big party you lived your life
when all was said and done You paid the price
You recorded a cla**ic mesmerized us all
you kept a "straight" face fooled us all
God knows for how long you had the disease
you fought back hard it didn't bring you on your knees
In the end you couldn't keep up the fight
in the end you gave up one night
A fairytale and you were the king
you could not prevail But you made my heart sing
Genius nothing's ever easy
Genius nothing could ever please you