Zero Sum

There are no checks on my behaviour The odds are stacked in my favour I like to paint myself as a saviour You can't see that I'm a traitor I will rise and you will fall I will stand and you will crawl And my need to win means that you need to lose If I'm thin-skinned then you will need to wear a bruise A rising tide will lift all boats but no one gets ahead I prefer to see you drown and left for dead Don't try to be hero The scores always sum to zero If I'm not harmed then there is no crime There's no ‘I' in ‘team' but there's one in ‘mine' I'm not the one who will take the fall All for one and one takes all I will rise up in victory You will fade into history And my need to win means that you need to lose If I'm thin-skinned then you will need to wear a bruise A rising tide will lift all boats but no one gets ahead I prefer to see you drown and left for dead Rejoicing as you fail; I could make it stop Reach out a hand to me, while I steal your watch I'll take the spotlight as you wither in the shade My star will rise and yours will fade I will rise and you will fall And the victor takes it all And my need to win means that you need to lose If I'm thin-skinned then you will need to wear a bruise A rising tide will lift all boats but no one gets ahead I prefer to see you drown and left for dead Don't try to be hero The scores always sum to zero