[Verse 1]I will be your shoulder to cry onI will make you laugh if you needI will play the part if you say soYeah, I'll be anybody but me[Pre-Chorus]To tell you the truth, I'm a mess, I'm a foolYou don't know thatAnd you never willIn my mind, it's instilled not to show that[Chorus]I spend almost all of my timeFeeling like I'm falling even further behindAnd I know I'm so good at seemingLike I'm not on the edge of a knifeI'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?Designed to deceiveSo, tell me who you want me to be[Verse 2]I can wear a million faces'Cause I don't like the one underneathAlways found it easy to fake itYeah, I'll be anybody but me[Pre-Chorus]To tell you the truth, I'm the fraud in the roomAnd I know thatBut you never willIn my mind, it's instilled not to show that[Chorus]I spend almost all of my timeFeeling like I'm falling even further behindAnd I know I'm so good at seemingLike I'm not on the edge of a knifeI feel like everything I do is a lieAnd all the words just further pull the wool over eyesI know I'm no good at being who I am away from the lightI'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?Designed to deceiveSo, tell me who you want me to be[Bridge]And I'll beBe my best impression of what you expect from meBut what you don't see is[Chorus]I spend almost all of my timeFeeling like I'm falling even further behindI know I'm so good at seemingLike I'm not on the edge of a knifeI feel like everything I do is a lieAnd all the words just further pull the wool over eyesI know I'm no good at being who I am away from the lightI'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?And I'm an imposter, but Hell is a menderI'm the pretender, what can I tell ya?Designed to deceiveSo, tell me who you want me to be
