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