[Verse 1]

Back when we were simply young

Always chasing for the sun

We were the two best of buds

Then adolescence came by my way and

Love was rushing right through my veins

Every time I saw her

[Pre-Chorus]

And I fell down

Wasting my thoughts

On what ifs and hows

Why now?

[Chorus]

She don't make this thing easy

My hopes are filled to the brim

Yet I know she’ll never see me

As anything more than a friend

So I’ll just keep playing pretend

[Verse 2]

I know I'm usually not one to brag

But I'm trying to fix what I lack

But she don't notice at all

I wanna be something morе than friends

The pair with that happy end

But maybе this thing will all blow

[Pre-Chorus]

So I'm falling down

Wasting my thoughts

On what ifs and hows

What now?

[Chorus]

She don't make this thing easy

My hopes are filled to the brim

Yet I know she’ll never see me

As anything more than a friend

So I’ll just keep playing pretend

[Outro]

This thing was never easy

My hopes spilled over the brim

All I can say now is sorry

For bringing us to an end

Oh, I should've kept playing pretend