[chorus]   Sometimes in life you feel the fight is over (over)    And it seems as though the writing's on the wall (yeah)    Superstar, you finally made it    But once your picture becomes tainted    It's what they call    The rise and fall    [2x]      I always said that I was gonna make it    Now it's plain for everyone to see    But this game I'm in don't take no prisoners    Just casualties    I know that everything is gonna change    Even the friends I knew before me go    But this dream is the life I've been searching for    Started believing that I was the greatest    My life was never gonna be the same    Cause with the money, came a different status    That's when things changed    Now I'm too concerned with all the things I own    Blinded by all the pretty girls I see    I'm beginning to lose my integrity       [chorus]      I never used to be a troublemaker    Now I don't even wanna please the fans    No autographs, no interviews   No pictures, and less demands    Given advices that were clearly wrong    The type that seemed to make me feel so right    But some things you may find, can take over your life    Burnt all my bridges, now I've run out of places    And there's nowhere left for me to turn    Been caught in compromising situations    I should have learned    From all those times I didn't walk away    When I knew that it was best to go    Is it too late to show you the shape of my heart       [chorus]      Now I know (now I know)    I made mistakes (made mistakes)    Think I don't care    But you don't realise what this means to me    So let me have just one more chance    I'm not the man I used to be    Used to be       [chorus 3x]