New things are going on every day 
The people always come but never stay 
I'm counting on you to make it right 
I wanna be with you tonight. 

And you can save me from the darkness 
And you can scare away the monsters in my head 
And you can make me feel like I have somebody 
And the pain will go away. 

'Cause I'm a young pretender 
Drowning in my guilt and sorrow 
I try to be like the others sometimes 
By pretending to be somebody I'm not. 
I'm a young pretender 
Wanderin' the distance 
You make my life complete 
I want to see you again. 

Everybody thinks I'm one way 
As far as they can tell 
But some people start to see 
That I'm just not who they want me to be. 

But then you came along 
To show me right from wrong 
My life improved so greatly 
My heart bursting out in song 

'Cause I'm a young pretender 
Drowning in my guilt and sorrow 
I try to be like the others sometimes 
By pretending to be somebody I'm not. 
I'm a young pretender 
Wanderin' the distance 
You make my life complete 
I want to see you again.

'Cause I'm a young pretender 
Drowning in my guilt and sorrow 
I try to be like the others sometimes 
By pretending to be somebody I'm not. 
I'm a young pretender 
Wanderin' the distance 
You make my life complete 
I want to see you again. 

Can't you see I can't pretend no more? 
What am I even pretending for? 
I just can't be the girl you want me to be 
But if you look inside me you will see 

A lone girl, a confused girl, yep that's me 
And if you get to know this real girl you will see 
The fun-loving teen she used to be 
But which way to her heart unlocks the key