[INTRO]
I’m pretending to be happy again
Pretending to be happier
I’m pretending to be happy again
Pretending to be happier
[VERSE 1]
I have a secret that I can’t tell anyone
Even though I’m smiling like this
All those people who are looking at me
See me looking happy but
[Pre-Chorus]
After I left you
I was excited to meet someone else
I didn’t know I would be like this
[Chorus]
I’m afraid of the eyes that are on me
I’m afraid of the words that they say about me
Pretending to be happy again
Pretending to be happier
That’s who I became
When I miss you, when I long for you
When I want to lean on you, when I want to go back
I pretend to be happy again
I pretend to be happier
That’s who I became
[VERSE 2]
I’m ashamed to even say this
But now I realize, there’s no man like you
I left to find true love that will fill me up
But there was no such thing
[Pre-Chorus]
Every time this happens
I hate the person next to me
But I hate myself even more
I didn’t know it would be like this
[Chorus]
I’m afraid of the eyes that are on me
I’m afraid of the words that they say about me
Pretending to be happy again
Pretending to be happier
I hate myself for doing that
When I miss you, when I long for you
When I want to lean on you, when I want to go back
I pretend to be happy again
I pretend to be happier
That’s who I became
[OUTRO]
I’m pretending to be happy again
Pretending to be happier
I’m pretending to be happy again
Pretending to be happier