The Great Pretender

Show up to the party, like I'm gonna burn it down And I overcompensate by laughing too much I'm drinking champagne, but it's only Tuesday So no one can tell what I'm keeping locked up Nobody knows I'm crying in a bathroom stall I'm living in a house of cards about to fall But I make them believe that I've never been better I am the great pretender I am the great pretender This dress fits me perfect, but I wish I was thinner The stories I'm telling, don't tell the whole truth This smile isn't real, but it looks good in pictures Give me an Oscar for fooling the room 'Cause nobody knows I was just crying in a bathroom stall And I'm living in a house of cards about to fall But I make them believe that I've never been better Oh, I am the great pretender I don't know why I lie to myself I wish these tears belonged to somebody else Nobody knows I'm crying in a bathroom stall And I'm living in a house of cards about to fall But I make them believe that I've never been better I am the great pretender I am the great pretender