Pretend
I'm ready for the truth
I'm tired of the lies
I've come to realize how they felt about me all this time
I was always just an object
Never coming close to do or die
If I disappeared, they're the people I know wouldn't mind
Didn't need for them to trick me
Into thinking I was loved
Cause I am by other people
And I know that that's enough
They think I'm the kind of girl
Who lets them get away with stuff
But I'm tired of this nonsense
So I'm calling out their bluff
I'm the one they always root for
But they never call a friend
And I'm always the outsider
In this town they've painted red
And because I take my feelings
Lock 'em up inside my head
They keep calling me a saint
But I call it all pretend
Giving in the first time
That was my mistake
Cause they're the first, second
Third reasons I haven't smiled in days
Gotta switch my focus
To the ones who fill up empty spaces
Can't be fooled by promises to take me places
Can't make my fortress in familiar faces
Didn't need for them to trick me
Into thinking I was loved
Cause I am by other people
And I know that that's enough
They think I'm the kind of girl
Who lets them get away with stuff
But I'm tired of this nonsense
So I'm calling out their bluff
I'm the one they always root for
But they never call a friend
And I'm always the outsider
In this town they've painted red
And because I take my feelings
Lock 'em up inside my head
They keep calling me a saint
But I call it all pretend
Oh
I can't stop crying cause they know
Exactly what they're doing
But they'd never show any remorse
Cause their actions are bad
But owning up to them's worse
And I see
Through all of the lies they keep planting
Taken care of till they grow into trees
But in my fantasy
I take back what's mine
And I spread out my leaves
Didn't need for them to trick me
Into thinking I was loved
Cause I am by other people
And I know that that's enough
They think I'm the kind of girl
Who lets them get away with stuff
But I'm tired of this nonsense
So I'm calling out their bluff
I'm the one they always root for
But they never call a friend
And I'm always the outsider
In this town they've painted red
And because I take my feelings
Lock 'em up inside my head
They keep calling me a saint
But I call it all pretend
I'm tired of the lies
I've come to realize how they felt about me all this time
I was always just an object
Never coming close to do or die
If I disappeared, they're the people I know wouldn't mind
Didn't need for them to trick me
Into thinking I was loved
Cause I am by other people
And I know that that's enough
They think I'm the kind of girl
Who lets them get away with stuff
But I'm tired of this nonsense
So I'm calling out their bluff
I'm the one they always root for
But they never call a friend
And I'm always the outsider
In this town they've painted red
And because I take my feelings
Lock 'em up inside my head
They keep calling me a saint
But I call it all pretend
Giving in the first time
That was my mistake
Cause they're the first, second
Third reasons I haven't smiled in days
Gotta switch my focus
To the ones who fill up empty spaces
Can't be fooled by promises to take me places
Can't make my fortress in familiar faces
Didn't need for them to trick me
Into thinking I was loved
Cause I am by other people
And I know that that's enough
They think I'm the kind of girl
Who lets them get away with stuff
But I'm tired of this nonsense
So I'm calling out their bluff
I'm the one they always root for
But they never call a friend
And I'm always the outsider
In this town they've painted red
And because I take my feelings
Lock 'em up inside my head
They keep calling me a saint
But I call it all pretend
Oh
I can't stop crying cause they know
Exactly what they're doing
But they'd never show any remorse
Cause their actions are bad
But owning up to them's worse
And I see
Through all of the lies they keep planting
Taken care of till they grow into trees
But in my fantasy
I take back what's mine
And I spread out my leaves
Didn't need for them to trick me
Into thinking I was loved
Cause I am by other people
And I know that that's enough
They think I'm the kind of girl
Who lets them get away with stuff
But I'm tired of this nonsense
So I'm calling out their bluff
I'm the one they always root for
But they never call a friend
And I'm always the outsider
In this town they've painted red
And because I take my feelings
Lock 'em up inside my head
They keep calling me a saint
But I call it all pretend
Credits
Writer(s): Tsega Tatek
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