Keep Pretending

We build a bridge and burn it down
Just look at us, we're chokin' on the ashes now
We shot too high and missed the sky
But lucky us, we kissed before we kissed the ground

All the pretty peelin'
'Bout to show a blacken memory
Constantly concealin'
What we'll never be, so

Here is the lie you want
It tastes much sweeter than the truth we've been hidin' from
We bit off more than we could chew
Suck the words back down
Rip my tongue right out
Let's keep pretendin'
We'll end up a happy ending

A thousand days, a thousand nights
No rest for us, we're bracin' for another fight
The same charade, don't let it fade
We keep it up to keep the people satisfied

All the pretty peelin'
'Bout to show a blacken memory
Constantly concealin'
What we'll never be, so

Here is the lie you want
It tastes much sweeter than the truth we've been hidin' from
We bit off more than we could chew
Suck the words back down
Rip my tongue right out
Let's keep pretendin'
We'll end up a happy ending

Here is the lie you want
It tastes much sweeter than the truth we've been hidin' from
We bit off more than we could chew
Suck the words back down
Rip my tongue right out
Let's keep pretendin'
We'll end up a happy ending
Scars on the stars we chased
The constellations on a map that we can't erase
I guess we're never turnin' back
Take the long way down
Watch the lights burn out
And keep pretendin'
We'll end up a happy ending