Lyrics
[verse]
Y'all sit around, act like you never seen a freak before
Everybody's copying my walk, my talk, and asking more
There's a hundred of me lined up at the mirror store
Wearing my old jacket, saying things I said before
I show up at the party and the room goes dead silent
Half of them are scared and half of them are buying it
I'll say whatever's true even if it burns the house
Somebody's gotta be the one to open up his mouth
[chorus]
Would the real one please stand up, please stand up
Please stand up, 'cause the fakes keep stacking up
Everybody wanna be the loudest one in the room
But there's only one of me and I'll be gone too soon
[verse]
Critics on the TV saying I'm a bad influence
Meanwhile they're the ones who profit off the difference
I just say the thing that everybody thinks but hides
Then I get the blame for every headline that survives
Kids are quoting me in hallways, teachers rolling eyes
Parents wanna ban the station, can't believe their ears and eyes
But you can't stop a mirror once it's already been made
Every joke's a mirror and the joke's on the parade
[chorus]
Would the real one please stand up, please stand up
Please stand up, 'cause the fakes keep stacking up
Everybody wanna be the loudest one in the room
But there's only one of me and I'll be gone too soon
[bridge]
Copycats in the crowd, wearing my old clothes
Thinking if they act like me, then everybody knows
But you can't fake the fire, you can only fake the smoke
So sit back down before the whole thing turns into a joke
[chorus]
Would the real one please stand up, please stand up
Please stand up, 'cause the fakes keep stacking up
Everybody wanna be the loudest one in the room
But there's only one of me and I'll be gone too soon
