it seems that all succesful things and all the envy that they bring might not be worth it being shot down every minute for the effort you put in and all the time that you ve spent the key to success is the faith in knowing you re right memories of better days is what you re holding onto when the critics loved you competition has it s way of bringing you down bringing you down always being number one robs the music of it s fun ego trips get in the way of the goals we set now the audience is split we ve worked too hard to watch it all all fade away memories of better days is what you re holding onto when the critics loved you competition has it s way of making you mad why can t you be glad for me well i know what competition means and all the feelings that it brings friends that want to be on top you re on the list of the friends to drop success is what i want to feel what you re expecting isn t real it s jealousy and jealousy s not true no it s not true at your expense in competition with you