If you really gotta know, I'm not doing so good   Turned out to hurt more than I thought it would      'Cause I just can't handle losing you again   But the last thing I want is just to be your friend   Been through this same thing time and time again   Let's pretend      Let's pretend everything's fine   Put on our fake smiles and keep wasting our time   Let's pretend we're fine   To go out in style and come home in denial   Let's pretend we're fine      If you really gotta know I'm not doing so good   Hurt me way more than I thought it could      'Cause I just can't handle losing you again   But the last thing I want is just to be your friend   Been through this same thing time and time again   Let's pretend      Let's pretend everything's fine   Put on our fake smiles and keep wasting our time   Let's pretend we're fine   To go out in style and come home in denial   Let's pretend we're fine      Lie to ourselves   (If they don't look closer then they all believe it)   Lie to everyone else   (We can hold hands and we'll know that we're friends)      I can't take anymore of the make believe romance   It's killing my make believe heart   But I'd rather pretend we're together than know we're apart      Let's pretend everything's fine   Put on our fake smiles and keep wasting our time   Let's pretend we're fine   To go out in style and come home in denial   Let's pretend we're fine      (If they don't look close then they all believe it)   Let's pretend we're fine   (We can hold hands and we'll know that we're friends)   Let's pretend we're fine