Pretend I'm Fine

Yeah...

Fake smiles, fake lights, fake life...

But it's fine.

It's fine... right?

Wake up, another damn performance,

Pull on the mask, tie up the torment,

Your kiss? It's cold, like a frozen warning,

I sip black coffee, and fake the morning.

Dead eyes staring from the mirror's crack,

Button my shirt, stitch the pain in back,

Walk through hell with a wedding band,

Smile for the cameras, you wouldn't understand.

(Don't ask me, don't ask me)

What’s burning inside my mind...

(Just pass me, just pass me)

Let me rot and say I'm fine...

I pretend I'm fine, wear a plastic grin

Suffocating slow in my second skin

Laugh too loud, choke on the lies

Dead inside but the shell survives

I pretend I'm fine... like always.

Dinner’s cold, but your lies are colder,

You talk love — I'm just getting older,

Fingers brush mine, feels like a weapon,

Stuck in a loop I shoulda stepped from.

You smile, but I see the stains,

Your perfume can’t hide the remains,

Betrayal leaves a permanent scar,

But hey, babe, we made it this far, right?

(Don't ask me, don't ask me)

If the wounds still scream inside...

(Just pass me, just pass me)

Let the memories eat me alive...

I pretend I'm fine, wear a plastic grin

Suffocating slow in my second skin

Laugh too loud, choke on the lies

Dead inside but the shell survives

I pretend I'm fine... like always.

Betrayed once, I stitched it tight,

Betrayed twice, learned how to fight,

Betrayed again — damn right I stayed,

‘Cause pain's a language I learned to fake.

Go ahead, babe, pop the champagne,

I’ll bleed inside and smile again,

Call it love, call it fate,

Call it anything — it’s too late.

I pretend I'm fine, wear a plastic grin

Suffocating slow in my second skin

Laugh too loud, choke on the lies

Dead inside but the shell survives

I pretend I'm fine...

Yeah, I pretend I'm fine...

Like always.