[Verse 1]
I live in denial
I’m not living my life
I call it comfort
But it don’t feel right
I didn’t make this choice
This was never my plan
Sometimes you got no options
Sometimes you just stand
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep it folded up
Deep in my chest
Act like I’m fine
Act like it’s best
But the walls know my name
When I don’t say a thing
And the whole room shakes
When I hear that ring
[Chorus]
I live in denial
I live in denial
I keep it pretty and still
But it isn’t what I feel
I live in denial
I live in denial
(denial, denial)
I’m smiling through the spill
[Verse 2]
I got clean little habits
And a door I won’t open
A thousand safe excuses
And a heart half broken
I tell myself tomorrow
Will look kinder than now
But the hours keep their receipts
And they cash me out
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep it folded up
Deep in my chest
Act like I’m fine
Act like it’s best
But the walls know my name
When I don’t say a thing
And the whole room shakes
When I hear that ring
[Chorus]
I live in denial
I live in denial
I keep it pretty and still
But it isn’t what I feel
I live in denial
I live in denial
(denial, denial)
I’m smiling through the spill
[Bridge]
If I told you the truth
Would you stay in the room?
Would you sit with the wreckage
And the dust and the gloom?
I’m not asking for rescue
I’m just saying I see
That comfort ain’t freedom
Not when it costs me me
[Chorus]
I live in denial
I live in denial
I keep it pretty and still
But it isn’t what I feel
I live in denial
I live in denial
(denial, denial)
I’m done calling it a shield