You hold me You caught me without warning You hold me, you hold me See what we're made of So what are we afraid of? We pretend we're not falling But you can't keep your hands off of me Close enough to see right through me I don't know who you are

Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I'm wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you're still around Oh yes, I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh) Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh) My need is

I won't pretend that, I'm not a victim of a world that will not listen I will defend that, we are the vanquished, and you will not make our decisions We will rise. They will fall, Nothing that I can't overcome Conquer the battles one by one, crushing the

Please don't remind me, put your past behind me It shines so bright it blinds me, I wish that this would end And I am not fine, last night I saw you online Your screen name used to be mine, why can't we just pretend? "I just forgot you were there" (na na

Every time you try to leave me blind, You'll never close my eyes, Why don't we end this lie, I can't pretend this time, I need a friend to find my broken mind, Before it falls to pieces!! You'll never close my eyes and watch me die!! You said you'd never

Then bring it on over Stringing him along any longer girl, it's just wasting precious time Girl, you know it can't wait Rip it off just like a band-aid The way you look at me, girl, you can't pretend I know you ain't in love with him, break up with him

And it's not that I'm evil Before you were born, I was already sinning I can't even be your friend It's not because the light here is brighter I just don't like to pretend Your mama's got nothing on me Your daddy's got nothing on me And the world that

Oh child, oh child And I know that I can't pretend that I haven't had my regret From the memories that I've kept, to the history I forget Oh, my father before he left Oh, there's one thing I wish he said "Oh child, just do what you love, 'cause you won't

Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal Oh yes I'm the great pretender Just laughin' and gay like a clown I seem to be what I'm not, you see Pretending that you're still around Pretending that I'm doing well My

And it's not that I'm evil Before you were born, I was already sinning I can't even be your friend It's not because the light here is brighter I just don't like to pretend Your mama's got nothing on me Your daddy's got nothing on me And the world that