Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Couplet:

 if you try to be an icon

 then the icon becomes you

 if you try to be a model

 it'll catwalk over you

 if you try to walk in straight shoes

 then these shoes will bend you too

 if you try to be a kid again

 the kid will kidnap you

Refrein:

 you know it's true

 the guy you know well that's just you

 and there is nothing you can do

 just like a door you can't get through

 when there is no-one left to fool

 don't go and drown in that old pool

 don't kid yourself

Couplet:

so don't try to be an icon

con the i inside of you

that picture you've been painting

doesn't look a thing like you

i'll agree that it's a nice try

but when your paint is dry

we are all just little icons

super you and super i

Refrein:

you know it's true...

Solo

Couplet: + Refrein:

Couplet:

i need someone to show me

just what i threw away

i need a pretty angel

to present it on a tray

you've never liked the icon

said that guy looked pretty strange

but you've never tried to change me

and that's how came to change

Refrein:

 you know it's true

 the guy you know well that's just you

 and there is nothing you can do

 just like a door you can't get through

 when there is no-one left to fool

 don't go and drown in that old pool

 don't kid yourself

 when there is no-one left to fool

 don't go and drown in that old pool

 don't kid yourself