The Pretender

I will be your shoulder to cry on I will make you laugh if you need I will play the part if you say so Yeah, I'll be anybody but me To tell you the truth, I'm a mess, I'm a fool You don't know that And you never will In my mind, it's instilled not to show that I spend almost all of my time Feeling like I'm falling even further behind And I know I'm so good at seeming Like I'm not on the edge of a knife I'm the pretender What can I tell ya'? Designed to deceive So tell me, who you want me to be I can wear a million faces 'Cause I don't like the one underneath Always found it easy to fake it Yeah, I'll be anybody but me To tell you the truth, I'm the fraud in the room And I know that But you never will In my mind, it's instilled not to show that I spend almost all of my time Feeling like I'm falling even further behind And I know I'm so good at seeming Like I'm not on the edge of a knife I feel like everything I do is a lie And all the words just further pull the wool over eyes I know I'm no good at being who I am away from the light I'm the pretender What can I tell ya? Designed to deceive So tell me, who you want me to be And I'll be Be my best impression of what you expect from me But what you don't see Is I spend almost all of my time Feeling like I'm falling even further behind I know I'm so good at seeming Like I'm not on the edge of a knife I feel like everything I do is a lie And all the words just further pull the wool over eyes I know I'm no good at being who I am away from the light I'm the pretender, what can I tell ya'? And I'm an imposter but hell is a mender I'm the pretender What can I tell ya'? Designed to deceive So tell me, who you want me to be --- The Pretender - Lewis Capaldi