[Verse 1]

I couldn't hide my face to claim my innocence

I wouldn't have the sense to keep going on

Maybe I'm just too proud to stand in your defense?

Still I feel the pull of hidden wires

[Chorus]

I'm never gonna try

I lied, I dared to speak my mind

When all the old changes made before

Don't seem to change a thing at all

[Post-Chorus]

Are you real?

Are you real?

[Verse 2]

I wouldn't find my place with this poor disguise

Why can't I face myself without these lies?

I couldn't find my path without knowing it

I've been around every turn, I know what's left is right

[Chorus]

I never let it die

I tried, I dared to free my mind

And all the same changes as before

Don't seem to change a thing at all

[Post-Chorus]

I'm never gonna try, I know that I won't go back

It started with a smile, I know, but it won't come back

This is real

[Bridge]

I should have seen it coming

Now I'm feeling nothing

I was taken far beneath the middle

I should have seen it coming

Now I'm feeling nothing

I was taken far beneath the middle

[Outro]

I'm never gonna try, I know that I won't go back

(I should have seen it coming, now I'm feeling nothing, I was taken far beneath the middle)

It started with a smile, I know, but it won't come back

(I should have seen it coming, now I'm feeling nothing, I was taken far beneath the middle)

I'm never gonna try, I know that I won't go back

(I should have seen it coming, now I'm feeling nothing, I was taken far beneath the middle)

It started with a smile, I know, but it won't come back

(I should have seen it coming, now I'm feeling nothing, I was taken far beneath the middle)

I'm never gonna try, I know that I won't go back

(I should have seen it coming, now I'm feeling nothing, I was taken far beneath the middle)

It started with a smile, I know, but it won't come back

(I should have seen it coming, now I'm feeling nothing, I was taken far beneath the middle)