Is it better to keep holding on or walk away?   The answer faded from me so very long ago   Woke up every morning counting hope of a better day   But it went away before I would ever know   Now I see the lights at the end of the road   And they point towards everything will be alright   I'll be feeling I'm in heaven in the afterglow   With neon hazes floating around in the middle of the night      [chorus:]   I don't need you to validate my cause   I can live by myself and still be okay   I've got to keep going, can't stay on pause   I can live by myself and still be okay   You can't tell me I'm the loser   You don't know what it means to be number one   Even if I never get you back   I know that I will never look back in the run      I want you by my side for eternity and and forever   But you don't know how to treat me when I cry   Promised me you be with me through all of this whatever   And I'm starting to think that was all petty lies   If you're going to be a faker, darling you better work harder on that   Don't be fooled by your own stupid insecurities   You're not getting anywhere if you can't wear a proper mask   But it's not you who I will ever choose to believe      I don't need you to validate my cause   I can live by myself and still be okay   I've got to keep going, can't stay on pause   I can live by myself and still be okay   You can't tell me I'm the loser   You don't know what it means to be number one   Even if I never get you back   I know that I will never look back in the run      Never will I ask you to be there for me   Either way if you are or not you just won't   I'd talk it over with you more seriously   But right now you're probably out getting stoned      I don't need you to validate my cause   I can live by myself and still be okay   I've got to keep going, can't stay on pause   I can live by myself and still be okay   You can't tell me I'm the loser   You don't know what it means to be number one   Even if I never get you back   I know that I will never look back in the run      I can live by myself and still be okay   I can live by myself and still be okay