[Verse 1]
You wore my name like rain
I wore a borrowed grin
Posting half a truth
So they’d let me in
You called it what it was
I called it “something else”
While I took every glance
And sold out someone else
[Pre-Chorus]
I kept the door half open
For hands that never stayed
I chased a room of strangers
And left you in the shade
[Chorus]
I was fake, fake, fake
(so fake)
I broke it again
I was fake, fake, fake
(for them)
And cruel to the one who cared
[Verse 2]
I said I’d be there soon
Then let the hours bleed
You kept your small side of us
I fed the crowd my need
I laughed a little too loud
When you looked right through me
I knew I was the wound
And I still made you bleed
[Pre-Chorus]
I kept the door half open
For hands that never stayed
I chased a room of strangers
And left you in the shade
[Chorus]
I was fake, fake, fake
(so fake)
I broke it again
I was fake, fake, fake
(for them)
And cruel to the one who cared
[Bridge]
Now every kind word tastes thin
Every new face turns cold
You gave me all your gold
I spent it to feel whole
I never learned your warning
I never learned your ache
I kept on calling it freedom
When it was just a mistake
[Chorus]
I was fake, fake, fake
(so fake)
I broke it again
I was fake, fake, fake
(for them)
And cruel to the one who cared
I was fake, fake, fake
(I was fake)
Now I see it clear
I was fake, fake, fake
And you were the real one here