Teddy Thompson - Almost Famous lyrics

Today's the day I was supposed to be famous I was gonna have come so far My face splashed all over the papers I was gonna be a big, big star I should be on your TVs right now Staring back at you with endless charm You should be watching me and wondering how I stay so grounded and calm Through all the madness that I see There's so much sadness with these dreams You know those people you get sick of seeing? Well, that was gonna be me Overexposing until I end up being A kind of monster in your dreams I had been planning all my intimite moments To be uncovered on the ET news This is a business of failing upwards So you can never really lose Through all the madness that I see There's so much sadness with these dreams So now I'm standing with the faceless people And they have stripped my sheen There's just enough of me left to measure How big I could have been If there's a hell it will be all these people With nothing special to behold They never tell you that you might need someone Might need a hand to hold Through all the madness that I see There's so much sadness with these dreams (x2)