The Pretender

Album: Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (2023)
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  • 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 Writer/s: Edward Holloway, Lewis Capaldi, Nicholas Atkinson, Philip Plested
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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