Pretending to be happy again, pretending to be happier
Pretending to be happy again, pretending to be happier

I have a secret that I can’t tell anyone
I’m smiling like this
All those people who are looking at me
See me looking happy but

After I left you
After I was excited to meet someone else
I didn’t know I would be like this

I’m afraid of the eyes that are on me
I’m afraid of the words that talk about me
Pretending to be happy again, pretending to be happier
That’s who I became

I’m ashamed to even say this
But now I realize, there’s no man like you
I left to find true love that will fill me up
But there was no such thing

Every time this happens
I hate the person next to me
But I hate myself even more
I didn’t know it would be like this

I’m afraid of the eyes that are on me
I’m afraid of the words that talk about me
Pretending to be happy again, pretending to be happier
I hate myself for doing that

When I miss you, when I long for you
When I want to lean on you, when I want to go back
I pretend to be happy again, I pretend to be happier
That’s who I became

Pretending to be happy again, pretending to be happier
Pretending to be happy again, pretending to be happier