Can’t Pretend

(soft guitar, distant hum)

Yeah… yeah…

Do you feel it? (feel it)

I see a man on a broken street

Hands out low, too proud to Beg

Eyes worn down, too tired to Cry

World walks past, just shakes its head

You say “not mine, not my fight”

Turn your back, sleep at night

But I can’t close mine that tight

Something here don’t feel right

If it was you in the cold

Would you still be so bold?

I can’t kill this feeling inside

I still Cry when I see the divide

You call it fate, I call it pain

We’re not that different, we bleed the same

Where’s the Love you preach so loud?

Where’s the peace behind the crowd?

I’m sorry… I can’t pretend

If we don’t Help, where does it end? (end… end…)

You wear your faith like armor bright

But your hands stay clean at night

Talk of peace, but filled with Hate

Judge their lives, decide their fate

Say they’re weak, say they’re wrong

Like you’ve never needed someone

Selfish hearts don’t ever see

How close that edge could really be

Walk a mile in their shoes

Tell me what would you choose?

I can’t kill this feeling inside

I still Cry when I see the divide

You call it fate, I call it pain

We’re not that different, we bleed the same

Where’s the Love you preach so loud?

Where’s the peace behind the crowd?

I’m sorry… I can’t pretend

If we don’t Help, where does it end? (oh… end…)

(quiet, building)

Give a little… (Give…)

Break the wall… (break it down)

Feel their fall… (feel it now)

We’re one breath from it all

You could be the one to change

Or just look away again

(shimmering guitars swell)

Selfish… selfish… (why so cold?)

Hearts turned numb, bought and sold

I won’t kill this feeling inside

I still Cry, I won’t let it die

You call it fate, I call it pain

We’re not that different, we bleed the same

Where’s the Love you preach so loud?

Where’s the peace behind the crowd?

I’m sorry… I won’t pretend

I’ll still Help ‘til the end (the end… the end…)

(soft, fading)

Give… Help… Love…

Yeah… yeah…