My friends are degenerates
But I'd never change them
Liars, cheats, and hypocrites
Not the type for saving

Why do we tend to hurt one another?
Dividing up all the books by the covers
Like it ain't hard enough simply being me
(Like it ain't hard enough simply being me)
I could wisen you up, just by what I see

In reality, everyone's a lot more complicated

My friends are degenerates
But I'd never change them
Liars, cheats, and hypocrites
Not the type for saving

So they say
So they say

I get that look, but then I remember
Turning your nose up while we're at dinner
Like I can't even afford something that I want
(Like I can't even afford something that I want)
Soda, you're the thing, tell me what it costs

Character is what you are when no one's watching

My friends are degenerates
But I'd never change them
Liars, cheats, and hypocrites
Not the type for saving

So they say
So they say

Like a moment of truth that you're trying to omit
Consequences we take, but the judgment you give
When you finally find that you're the degenerate
It's gonna hit like a brick!

Like it ain't hard enough simply being me
Who could wisen you up, just by what I see

My friends are degenerates
But I'd never change them
Liars, cheats, and hypocrites
Not the type for saving

So they say
So they say