​pretend - live

[Intro]
Live from the Trauma Factory
Thanks for tuning in
Peace and love

[Verse 1]
Yeah, I can be a burden, baby, I can be a psycho
They called me a mistake and wrote me off like a typo
And life just keeps on hitting me, I swear that I'ma fight though
So hit me with your best shot, staring down the rifle
I been looking back, riding on my motorcycle
I remember nights when I was feeling suicidal
I was falling out, boy, dead on arrival
Couldn't see the signs, I was living in denial, yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm on the edge
You're in my head, so

[Chorus]
Tell me you need me
Even when you don't
I don't know when this will end (This will end, this will end)
Tell me you'll stay now
Even if you won't
Baby, we can play pretend (Play pretend, play pretend)

[Verse 2]
I guess that what I'm saying is
I'm scared of going back
I remember every struggle, every panic attack
You saw the life inside my eyes fade away over time
I couldn't pick up a guitar
I couldn't think of a rhyme
I needed something to believe in
Somewhere that I could hide
They told me I should stop pretending
Always kept it inside
And I was hoping these emotions were a lack of serotonin
Never thought that my own brain could ever turn to an opponent

[Chorus]
Tell me you need me
Even when you don't
I don't know when this will end (This will end, this will end)
Tell me you'll stay now
Even if you won't
Baby, we can play pretend (Play pretend, play pretend)

[Bridge]
Shoutout to everybody watching, man
And it goes like this
Are you okay, tell me, are you okay?
Nothing to say now, waiting for the breakdown
Are you okay, tell me, are you okay?

[Chorus]
Tell me you need me
Even when you don't
I don't know when this will end
Tell me you'll stay now
Even if you won't
Baby, we can play pretend (Play pretend, play pretend)

[Outro]
Are you okay, tell me, are you okay?
Nothing to say now, waiting for the breakdown
Are you okay, tell me, are you-
Baby, we can play pretend