[Verse 1: Chris Martin]
Just because I'm losin'
Doesn't mean I'm lost
Doesn't mean I'll stop
Doesn't mean I'm across
Just because I'm hurtin'
Doesn't mean I'm hurt
Doesn't mean I didn't get what I deserved
No better and no worse

[Chorus: Chris Martin]
I just got lost
Every river that I tried to cross
Every door I ever tried was locked
Oh, and I'm just waitin' 'til the shine wears off

[Verse 2: Chris Martin]
You might be a big fish
In a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
'Cause along may come a bigger one

[Chorus: Chris Martin, JAY-Z]
And you'll be lost
Every river that you tried to cross
Every gun you ever held went off
Oh, and I'm just waitin' 'til the firin' stopped
Oh, and I'm just waitin' 'til the shine wears off
(Geah, just waiting 'til the—
Yeah, uh-huh, I gotchu, uh, yeah)
[Verse 3: JAY-Z]
With the same sword they knight you
They gon' good-night you with
Shit, that's only half if they like you
That ain't even the half what they might do
Don't believe me, ask Michael
See Martin, see Malcolm
See Biggie, see Pac, see success and its outcome
See Jesus, see Judas
See Caesar, see Brutus, see success is like suicide
Suicide, it's a suicide
If you succeed, prepare to be crucified (uh)
Media meddles, n***as sue you, you settle
Every step you take, they remind you you're ghetto
So it's tough being Bobby Brown
To be Bobby then, you have to be Bobby now
And the question is, is to have had and lost
Better than not having at all? Because I'm—

[Outro: Chris Martin]
Oh, and I'm just waitin' 'til the shine wears off (Oh, oh, oh)
Oh, and I'm just waitin' 'til the shine wears off (Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh)
(Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)