The Pretender - Foo Fighters

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 you? 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 you? 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 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 you And I'm an imposter but hell is a mender I'm the pretender What can I tell you? Designed to deceive So tell me who you want me to be

Oh yes, I'm the great pretender Pretending that I'm doing well My need is such, I pretend too much I'm lonely but no one can tell Oh yes, I'm the great pretender Adrift in a world of my own I play the game, but to my real shame You left me to dream all alone Too real is this feeling of make believe Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal Oh yes, I'm the great pretender Just laughing and gay like a clown I seem to be what I'm not, you see I'm wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you're still around Too real is this feeling of make believe Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal Oh yes, I'm the great pretender Just laughing and gay like a clown I seem to be what I'm not, you see I'm wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you're still around

Oh yes, I'm the great pretender Pretending I'm doing well My need is such I pretend too much I'm lonely but no one can tell Oh yes, I'm the great pretender Adrift in a world of my own I play the game But to my real shame You've left me to dream all alone Too real is this feeling of make believe Too real when I feel what my heart can conceal Oh yes, I'm the Great pretender Just laughing and gay like a clown I seem to be what I'm not, you see I'm wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you're still around Too real is this feeling of make believe Too real when I feel what my heart can conceal Oh yes, I'm the great pretender Just laughing and gay like a clown I seem to be what I'm not, you see I'm wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you're still around

And I met the seventh son He came for everyone The day he heard the lightning in the field I've heard him clear his throat A fork within the road That night the tallahatchie took the wheel I've been throwing knives to see just where they'll land Now my world is in your hands Send in the congregation Open your eyes, step in the light A jukebox generation Just as you were The voice upon the stage Is a heart inside a cage And it's singing like bluebird in the round There's mystery in this wood And ghosts within these roots And a tangle deep beneath this southern ground I've been going through life making foolish plans Now my world is in your hands Send in the congregation Open your eyes, step in the lights A jukebox generation Just as you were Just as you were Just as you were And you need blind faith No false hope No false hope Do you have blind faith? No false hope No false hope Where is your blind faith? No false hope No false hope Open your eyes Open your eyes Step into the light! Open your eyes Step into the light! The sound becomes Congregation A congregation A congregation And there In the singing like a blue bird in the round

Wake up, it's time We need to find a better place to hide Make up your mind I need to know, I need to know tonight Sweet and divine Razor of mine Sweet and divine Razorblade shine Patience my dear We could spend a lifetime waiting here Maybe this time I hope I get the chance to say goodbye Sweet and divine Razor of mine Sweet and divine Razorblade shine Day after day Cutting away Day after day But anyway Wake up, it's time We need to find a better place to hide Make up your mind I need to know, I need to know tonight Sweet and divine Razor of mine Sweet and divine Razorblade shine

Crazy but I'm relieved this time Begging for sweet relief of blessing in disguise Dying behind these tired eyes I've been losin' sleep, please come to me tonight Hands on a miracle I got my hands on a miracle Leave it or not, hands on a miracle And there ain't no way, let you take it away Everything that we survived It's gonna be alright, just lucky we're alive Got no vision I've been blind Searchin' everywhere, you're right here in my sights Hands on a miracle I got my hands on a miracle Leave it or not, hands on a miracle And there ain't no way, let you take it away Hands on a miracle I got my hands on a miracle Leave it or not, hands on a miracle I got my hands on a miracle And there ain't no way, let you take it away Take it away