Em when I pretend everything is what I want it to be G D I look exactly like what you had always wanted to see Em when I pretend I can forget about the criminal I am G D Stealing second after second just cause I know I can but Em I can‘t pretend this is the way it will stay I‘m just G D (Trying to bend the truth) Em I can‘t pretend I‘m who you want me to be so I‘m
G D Em * Lying my way from you (no, no turning back now) G D C I wanna be pushed aside so let me go (no, no turning back now) Am D Em Let me take back my life I‘d rather be all alone (no turning back now) G D C Anywhere on my own cause I can see (no, no turning back now) Am The very worst part of you (is me) D (The very worst part of you is me)
Em G I remember what they taught to me remember D condescending talk of who I ought to be Em Remember listening to all of that and this again G D so I pretended up a person who was fitting in Em And now you think this person really is me and I‘m G D (Trying to bend the truth) Em But the more I push the more I‘m pulling away ‘cause I‘m
( * )
Em ** This isn‘t what I wanted to be
I never thought that what I said would have you running from me (Like this)