Pretend to Love me

Verse 1 (painfull twist)
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 (building tension)
You don’t have to stay
Just don’t leave me empty
At the end of today

Pre-Chorus (more tension and drums +violins)
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 ( feeling desperate and despair- painfully twisted yet hopeful - strong vocals and deep bass) 
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 like it’s meant to be

Verse 2 (soft crash and building tension again)
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 (sad almost crying, Heartbreaking)
Like I’m the one
Just don’t look through me
Like I’m already gone

Pre-Chorus (lost and despair)
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 (strong vocals and deepens drums like a heartbeat)
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 (begging almost desperate)
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 (soft and sad, almost crying)
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 for the last time, like it’s meant to be

Outro (soft closure)
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