I pretend

Alternative rock, trap, metal , emotional hiphop [Intro] Yeah... You ever get so used to hiding That you forget what your real face looks like? Yeah... Me too. [Verse 1] Wake up every morning, put the mask back on, Tell myself I'll make it through another day alone. Everybody asking how I'm doing, I just grin, Cause nobody really wants to know where I've been. Got a thousand conversations living in my head, Things I should've said, things I wish were dead. Every scar tells a story that I never let show, Every wound gets buried where nobody goes. I'm the one people call when their world falls apart, But nobody notices the cracks in my heart. Give everything I got till there's nothing left of me, Then wonder why I feel like a ghost nobody sees. [Pre-Chorus] I keep saying I'm okay. Keep saying I'll be fine. But every word feels like another lie. [Chorus] I pretend. I pretend I'm fine when I'm falling apart. I pretend I'm whole with a fractured heart. I pretend the weight doesn't pull me down. I pretend I'm smiling when I wanna drown. And nobody knows. Nobody sees. The war I fight every time I breathe. So I hide. So I bend. So I break. And I pretend. [Verse 2] Spent years trying to be what everybody needs, While my own pain grew like weeds underneath. Always carrying burdens that were never mine, Crossing every line just to keep the peace alive. Too emotional. Too sensitive. Too much. That's what they said. Now every compliment feels counterfeit. Every mirror feels like evidence. Every room feels colder than before. Like I don't know who I'm pretending for. And maybe that's the worst part. Not the hurt. Not the scars. Just forgetting who I am beneath them. [Pre-Chorus] I keep saying I'm okay. Keep saying I'll survive. But I'm getting tired of living this disguise. [Chorus] I pretend. I pretend I'm fine when I'm falling apart. I pretend I'm whole with a fractured heart. I pretend the weight doesn't pull me down. I pretend I'm smiling when I wanna drown. And nobody knows. Nobody sees. The war I fight every time I breathe. So I hide. So I bend. So I break. And I pretend. [Bridge] Maybe I don't need another mask. Maybe I don't need another lie. Maybe being broken Doesn't mean I'm beyond repair. Maybe the strongest thing I've ever done Is making it this far. Maybe surviving Is enough. [Breakdown] I'm tired of carrying all this alone. Tired of pretending. Tired of performing. Tired of smiling for pictures When I'm barely holding on. If this is who I am, Then this is who I am. The scars. The mistakes. The pain. The heart. All of it. [Final Chorus] I pretend... But I don't wanna anymore. I'm done hiding every wound. Done burying every truth. Done believing I'm too much For a world that never understood. If I'm broken, Then I'm broken. If I hurt, Then I hurt. But at least it's real. No more masks. No more walls. No more pretending at all. [Outro] For the quiet ones. For the ones carrying storms in silence. For the hearts that still keep beating Even when they're heavy. You don't have to pretend forever.