You try to show me the stars in the sky
Furrow my brow and focus my eyes
Do you see now, it’s right up above
I say I do because they tell me that’s love
You try to show me a side of myself
But all I see is a stranger girl
The mirror leads to another world
I step into because they tell me that’s love
I can’t see what you want me to see
So I pretend, I pretend
I’ll never be what you want me to be
But I pretend, I pretend
I never pick a blooming rose
I’d rather leave her to grow as she knows
Give me a handful of dying buds
I Know you do it cut they tell you that’s love
I always had ambitious dreams
My desire was bigger than me
Shrink myself to the smallest one
I sacrifice and then they tell me that’s love
I can’t see what you want me to see
So I pretend, I pretend
I’ll never be what you want me to be
But I pretend, I pretend
I can’t see what you want me to see
So I pretend, I pretend
I’ll never be what you want me to be
But I pretend, I pretend
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