Pretender

Pretend your life away
Until you can't recognize your own face

You walk around with a mask on
Fake smiles are wearing thin
Your true colors are showing
And you are looking dim

So you carry on the charade
And you continue to people please
Because you're afraid of not fitting in
But I won't be another fake contestant

I won't be another fake contestant
In your rigged popularity contest
I don't need your mediocrity
To be my escape from my authenticity

Though I often hesitate To play their game
I won't participate In choosing who's to blame
For this failed state of being fake
A desperate attempt to be able to relate
Able to relate but I can't relate
I can't relate to someone who thrives on being fake

So pretend your life away, but it won't change a goddamn thing
So you carry on the charade
And you continue to people please
Because you're afraid of not fitting in
Well I'm sorry, I'm not and will never be
Who you want me to be
Who you want me to be
Who you want me to
I wont be just another
I wont be just another Pretender
Pretender, Pretender
Pretend your life away