Pretend to Love me

Verse 1
I don’t need forever
I don’t need the truth
Just sit a little closer
Like you used to do

You don’t have to mean it
You don’t have to stay
Just don’t leave me empty
At the end of today

Pre-Chorus
I know your heart is somewhere else
I see it every time you breathe
But if there’s nothing left to give
Give the lie to me

Chorus
Pretend to love me
Just for tonight
Hold me like I’m something
Worth the fight
Say all the words
You don’t believe
If you can’t love me
Pretend to love me

Verse 2
I won’t ask for honesty
I won’t ask for more
I’ll take the way you say my name
Like it still hurts

You don’t have to look at me
Like I’m the one
Just don’t look through me
Like I’m already gone

Pre-Chorus
I know I’m standing in the dark
Begging for a spark I see
If your heart won’t break for me
Break me gently

Chorus
Pretend to love me
Just for tonight
Let me forget
What it’s like to be alone inside
Say you want me
Even if you don’t
If you can’t love me
Just don’t let it show

Bridge
I’m not asking for your soul
I’m not asking for your heart
Just the shape of your arms
Just the echo of a start
I’ll survive the morning
I’ll survive the truth
I just can’t survive
Knowing I never mattered to you

Final Chorus
Pretend to love me
Say my name slow
Let me believe it
Before you go
Lie to me softly
So I can breathe
If you can’t love me
Pretend to love me

Outro
Just until the hurt lets go
Just until I fall asleep

Ballad, art pop, Dream pop, despair, female, tension, build up, background Choir, church, slow start, cinematic atmosphe