If all the world's an orchestra, then I'm the triangle
I sit at the back and I only get one note per song
And I've got my part to play, all right
But it's never gonna change anybody's life
I wish I were a violin, clarinet, flute or trombone

And if you're doing something that you don't want to do
If you're letting the world walk all over you
If you hate your friends almost as much as you hate yourself
You can comb through song lyrics and TV shows
In search of an answer you already know
You don't need me to tell you you're wasting your life
You don't need me to tell you anything

But I stood in front of everyone and played my triangle
I played and I played 'til I thought that my heart would explode
But it's hard to get them on your side
When you've spent your life tanning the same old hide
Of the pony whose one trick everyone already knows

And if you've got problems then music's got answers
But I am to music as tutus to dancers
I'm there on the night
But the show would go on just the same if I weren't
The whole audience knows every lyric I sing
But they don't sing along, no, they don't do a thing
As I riff and repeat on the only note I ever learned

So if all the world's an orchestra, then I'm the triangle
I sit at the back and I only get one note per song
And I've got my part to play, all right
But it's never gonna change anybody's life
I wish I were a violin, clarinet, flute or trombone
Yeah, I wish I were anything else but the useless, no-talent bastard I am
And I wish I could make people feel like they weren't so alone