It may be that I'm not the romantic you imagine
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And sometimes I'm not happy even though I smile
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It may be that it's hard for me to accept
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That sometimes I'm afraid to face
Everything that I hate about me
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I'd like to be much more carefree
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But it's not easy to change if they taught me
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That I must always be the best
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The hero, the person of honor
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And there's days that I must fake it
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And sometimes I want to run away desperate
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Tired of avoiding disappointing them
Of being the people-pleaser
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And there's times that I'd like to rebel
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To send half the world somewhere else
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That all of it is putting up with their hypocrisy
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I'd like to be a bit less complicated
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But it's not easy carrying my past
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Don't think that it's easy to think
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That what you have could end
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If it's cost you so much to get here
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And sometimes I want to run away desperate
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Tired of avoiding disappointing them
Of being the people-pleaser
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And there's times that I'd like to rebel
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To send everyone else somewhere else
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That all of it is putting up with their hypocrisy
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It may be that I'm not the romantic you imagined
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Maybe my songs do betray me
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It's just that sometimes it's hard to live up
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To everything that they expect from you