By now you're sure that everything you do is worthless
And it drives me crazy because you know I think you're beautiful
So I wrote this little song of protest
Against the voices that convince you you're forgettable

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Anyone can make believe that everything's okay
You can pretend you're made of stone
You can pretend there's nothing wrong
Anyone can make believe they don't care anyway
Any fool can learn to make themselves strong

Now you think that you're pathetic because you bleed so easily
You're wishing you were cold and hard like iron
You say you're tired of trying to wear your heart upon your sleeve
'Cause it usually just ends up getting trampled on

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Anyone can make believe that everything's okay
You can pretend you're made of stone
You can pretend there's nothing wrong
Anyone can make believe they don't care anyway
Any fool can learn to make themselves strong

And they say blessed are the ones who live in poverty
When you're beaten down and bruised
And you got nothing more to lose
And blessed are the ones who can't seem to hide their frailty
'Cause for them love is much easier to choose

So you can keep the myths of inner strength and self-sufficiency
But give me that suffering heart who's honest with the pain
'Cause the stronger people always tend to bore me anyway
And the weak ones, they remind me I'm not alone
I'm not insane

[Chorus]

Anyone can make believe that everything's okay
You can pretend you're made of stone
You can pretend there's nothing wrong
Anyone can make believe they don't care anyway
Any fool can learn to make themselves strong

Anyone can make believe they don't care anyway
And you can pretend you're made of stone
And nothing ever goes wrong
Anyone can make believe and take the easy way
Any fool can learn to make themselves strong
And anyone can learn to make themselves strong