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 (ah)

To be admired (ah) to be noticed (ah)

But when you're withdrawn (ah)

It's the closest thing (ah)

To assault when all eyes are on you

This will not do (Ohh)

(Oooh...) Ooh...

Oooh (Oh, oh)...

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, oh

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

(Oh...) Oh... (Ah...)

It's a switch flipped

It's a pill tipped back

It's a moon eclipse, oh

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

Oh, oh (ah)...