Shut up the scales upon which we don't measure up The magazines and movies they tell us life is just a race where beauty gets you first place we're all stars Just to keep up it's way too soon for us to grow up on bathroom floors, but time is up, the paint has dried, innocence we've long denied here we are You watch me fall with a smile on your face as we crawl away from grace the welcome signs have all been replaced and it's the song that keeps me awake So 'fess up it's the paranoia that keeps me tied up I didn't mean to get your hopes up I think it shows which way the wind blows here we are Speak up you say the choice is yours but whose gonna stand up for the little boys and girls who'll never wake up from the slumber you instilled? You watch me fall with a smile on your face as we crawl away from grace the welcome signs have all been replaced and it's the world that keeps me awake Or best-kept secret, our best-kept secret is love My best-kept secret my best-kept secret is love. Either you're for me or you're against me You watch me fall with a smile on your face as we crawl away from grace the welcome signs have all been replaced and it's the girl that keeps me awake Shut up I grab my coat, pull the collar up To keep me from the cold and when the sun comes up you're good as gold. Shut up