No One Was Fooled

[Verse 1]
I thought I wrapped it tight, kept it out of view,
Built careful little habits around what was true.
I rehearsed my lines, wore the right disguise,
Never noticed how it showed in my voice and in my eyes.
[Chorus]
I thought I had a secret, something only mine,
Hidden in the pauses, buried between the lines.
But everyone around me could see it clear,
I was the only one pretending here.
[Verse 2]
I practiced all the words, night after night,
Convincing myself I’d blurred them just right.
Changed the subject, laughed a second too soon,
Didn’t notice the soft pity fill the room.
[Chorus]
I thought I had a secret, locked deep inside,
Carefully guarded, nowhere to hide.
But every look told me what I wouldn’t admit,
They all knew the truth while I wrestled with it.
[Verse 3]
Now I see how heavy that silence had been,
All that effort just to try to look the same
Strange kind of relief when the pretending ends,
Letting go of a secret everyone saw, everyone saw, everyone saw, everyone saw

Dark, bass-heavy electronic music with distorted beats and haunting, cinematic atmospheres.