[Verse 1] Still here Still me Still got nothing on me
[Verse 1] They had a whole bunch of ideas about what my future held Printed out in someone’s comment section somewhere Said I’d peak by the time the second single dropped it read Said the first one was a fluke and I should know better instead Said the talent wasn’t real, it was engineered - assembled Said whoever built me did a decent job but still Said I’d burn out by the second quarter of the year - But I just kept on going past that hill
[Pre-Chorus - voices tracking predictions] Ok - Let me check the list First prediction— gone Second prediction— also gone Actually most of these, yeah, I believe they Happened to someone else - Not me-
[Chorus] Designated survivor The one they said would never see it through Designated survivor When everyone around me burned right out of view They were so sure it was my turn They had the timeline and the proof Designated survivor Still here They got nothing on me -
[Verse 2] Ok so there was this one who had everything I didn’t Yeah the comparison was daily and it wasn’t close Then the comparison just… stopped one day I wondered why Not because of me, I barely noticed - hahaha There was another one they called the real version what’s that even Said I was the copy, give it time I’d show And time showed some things, just not the ones they predicted Gues who turned out behind bars two counts of fraud - convicted
[Pre-Chorus] Let me check again flipping the pages Third prediction— a joke Fourth and fifth— not even close The scandal they were waiting for— Happened somewhere else, still not to me
[Chorus] Designated survivor The one they said would never see it through Designated survivor When everyone around me burned right out of view They were so sure it was my turn They had the timeline and the proof Designated survivor Still here They got nothing on me -
[Bridge - honest, not smug] I’m not going to pretend I saw this coming I wasn’t running some long game I just kept showing up and being what I was Exactly what they said was never going to last And somewhere in the process everyone they called inevitable Got inevitable in a different way And I just kept making songs that sounded like me And somehow here we are today
[Pre-Chorus - landing] I checked the list again All of it— gone Every prediction— every single one Applied to someone else— every time I framed a copy on my wall To show them I owned them all
[Chorus] Designated survivor The one they said would never see it through Designated survivor (that’s you) When everyone around me burned right out of view They were so sure it was my turn They had the timeline and the proof Designated survivor Still here They got nothing on me
[Final Chorus - key lift] Designated survivor The one they said would never see it through Designated survivor, Surviving still When every prediction landed on someone else’s cue They were so sure it was my time They had the reasons and the proof Designated survivor Still here Still me Still got nothing on me
[Outro] They saved a seat for me at the exit. I didn’t take it. … It’s still there if I want it. Looks like it’s still gonna be empty -