Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Man Alive
Canonical path: /man-alive/trying-to-pretend
Related lyric paths: 6
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Trying to Pretend
Read Trying to Pretend lyrics by Man Alive on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Trying to Pretend
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I've waited outside your door
Too long for it to make a difference anymore
The things that I could do or say
To make this state of mind of mine just go away
Are all gone
Chorus:
And it's time to break up all this stony ground
And it's time I just let the wind turn me around
And I give up always trying to pretend that I'm okay
This waiting game that I've been playing
Isn't quite what I had had in mind
And yet I find it should be over by this time
Defeat is mine, and still I try
[Repeat Chorus]
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