Bravado

All my life I've been fighting a war
I can't talk to you or your friends
It's not only you
My heart jumps around when I'm alluded to
This will not do 'Cause I was raised up
To be admired, to be noticed
But when you're withdrawn
It's the closest thing
To assault when all eyes are on you
This will not do ohhh, ohhh
Ohhh, ohhh ohhh, ohhh
Ohhh, ohhh ohhh

I'm faking glory lick my lips, toss my hair
And turn the smile on
And the story's brand new
But I can take it from here
I'll find my own bravado

It's a switch flipped
It's a pill tipped back, it's a moon eclipse
Whoa and I can tell you that
When the lights come on
I'll be ready for this
It's in your bloodstream
A collision of atoms that
Happens before your eyes it's a marathon run
Or a mountain you scaled
Without thinking of size i was frightened of
Every little thing that I thought was
Out to get me down
To trip me up and laugh at me, but
I learned not to want
The quiet of a room with no-one
Around to find me out
I want the applause, the approval
The things that make me go, "Oh" woah, woah
Woah, woah woah, woah
Woah, woah