PRETEND Lyrics

Hmmm

Fearless liar, how the truth scares you

Shameful crier, please don't let my weaknesses bleed through, don't let them bleed through

The role that I play is so much better than me

And a whole lot closer to who I never, never get to see

Unless I pretend convincingly

I can't start again without first facing me

Where does it end, with me hating me

Until I begin embracing me

Ooooh

My souls on fire, I owe you an apology

My conscience is a choir singing I owe you the best of me, oooh the best of me

Been unkind and been cold for forever, way too long

Thought feeling nothing would make me feel better, ooh I was wrong

Unless I pretend convincingly

I can't start again without first facing me

Oh tell me where does it end, with me hating me

Until I begin embracing me

Oh, I'll pretend convincingly

I can't start again without first facing me

Where does it end, with me hating me

Until I begin embracing me

I'll be embracing, embracing me

I don't want to hide no more I'm ready to forgive

Don't want to die no more, I'm ready to live

My tears have been beating down my door, I'm finally letting them in

So I'd see if I love me more than the darkness that I called my friend

I just might be okay after all this hurt and pain

I just might get to say hello to smiling again, ooooh I'll be smiling again

I no longer have to pretend that I like me

No longer oppressed, I set myself free, I set me free yeah

I used to pretend convincingly

But that all came to an end with me facing me

Now I look through the lens of honesty

At last the moment when I truly embrace me