Lyrics
[verse]
Guitar driven fury waking up beneath the mask
Every single question that they never dared to ask
I've been playing someone else's version of the truth
Every single mirror shows a stranger from my youth
Radio rock energy building like a war inside
Every single lie I told, I told it to survive
I'm done performing for an audience of none
I'm done pretending till the curtain call is done
[chorus]
I'm not the pretender, I'm done wearing the disguise
No more hiding what is written in my eyes
I'm not the pretender, watch the mask come undone
I'm the one who's real when the performance is done
[verse]
Post-grunge heartbeat pounding like a truth breaking free
122 the tempo of a person choosing to be
Every single role I played was never truly mine
Every single script I followed crossed a fading line
This the kind of ending only honesty can bring
Every single silence taught me how to finally sing
I'm not asking pardon for the mask I used to wear
I'm just done pretending that the person there was there
[chorus]
I'm not the pretender, I'm done wearing the disguise
No more hiding what is written in my eyes
I'm not the pretender, watch the mask come undone
I'm the one who's real when the performance is done
[bridge]
Guitar driven anthem breaking every fake facade
Every single moment I'm becoming who I are
No more scripted answers, no more borrowed name
I'm not the pretender, I'm done playing the game
[chorus]
I'm not the pretender, I'm done wearing the disguise
No more hiding what is written in my eyes
I'm not the pretender, watch the mask come undone
I'm the one who's real when the performance is done
