When I pretend, Everything is what I want it to be, I look exactly like what you had always wanted to see, When I pretend, I can forget about the criminal I am, Stealing second after second just 'cause I know I can, But I can't pretend this is the way it will stay, I'm just, (Trying to bend the truth), I can't pretend I'm who you want me to be, So I'm, (Lying my way from), (You), (Nah, no turning back now), I wanna be pushed aside, So let me go, (Nah, no turning back now), Let me take back my life, I'd rather be all alone, (No turning back now), Anywhere on my own cause I can see, (Nah, no turning back now), (The very worst part of you is me), I remember what they taught to me, Remember condescending talk of who it ought to be, Remember listening to all of that and this again, So I pretended up a person who was fitting in, And now you think this person really is me and I, (Trying to bend the truth ), Yo the more I push I'm pulling away cause I'm, (Lying my way from), (You), (Nah, no turning back now), I wanna be closed inside so let me go, (Nah, no turning back now), Let me take back my life, I'd rather be all alone, (No turning back now), Anywhere on my own, cause I can see, (Nah, no turning back now), (The very worst part of you), (The very worst part of you), (IS ME), This isn't what I wanted to be, I never thought what I said, Would have you running from me, LIKE THIS! This isn't what I wanted to be, I never thought what I said, Would have you running from me, LIKE THIS! This isn't what I wanted to be, I never thought what I said, Would have you running from me, LIKE THIS! This isn't what I wanted to be, I never thought what I said, Would have you running from me, LIKE THIS! (No turning back now), I wanna be closed inside so let me go, (Nah, no turning back now), Let me take back my life, I'd rather be all alone, (No turning back now), Anywhere on my own, cause I can see, (Nah, no turning back now), The very worst part of you, The very worst part of you, IS ME,