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