Everybody Pretends

(Intro — Scream) Shhh... Listen. Everybody's pretending. And I'm the only bastard who stopped pretending. (Verse 1 — Scream) Everybody smiles when they wanna stab you, “Love you, bro!” then they laugh when they trash you, Everybody's honest till the truth gets ugly, Everybody's brave till the room gets bloody. They say, “Be yourself,” then they tell you who to be, “Think for yourself,” then they sell you what to see, Everybody's clean till you look underneath, Everybody's peaceful with a knife in their teeth. Your friends say “trust me,” your enemies wave, Your heroes sell bullshit, your villains behave, Your idols wear halos they bought at a store, Then wonder why nobody worships anymore. I watch from the corner, I don't need a mask, You hide behind smiles, I just laugh when you act, You call me insane because I say what I see, But the funniest fucking part is you're all just like me. (Chorus — Scream) Everybody pretends, everybody lies, Everybody's got a different face for different eyes, You call me a monster 'cause I don't play along, But I've been watching you pretend your whole fucking life long. Everybody pretends, everybody hides, Everybody's got a little corpse buried inside, You hate what I say 'cause you know that it's true, I'm not the fucking monster... I'm just louder than you. (Verse 2 — Scream) Politician shakes hands while he's hiding the knife, Preacher talks heaven while he's chasing his vice, Celebrity cries for the cameras to see, Then checks if the lighting makes the tears look pretty. Everybody wants justice till it costs them a friend, Everybody loves truth till the truth doesn't bend, Everybody screams “change!” then protects what they know, Humanity's hilarious when you watch from below. Shera tells me, “Scream, you're becoming a beast.” I tell him, “Look around, I'm just copying the streets.” He wants me to shut up, wants me buried again, But you can't kill the voice when the voice knows your head. I don't need a weapon, I don't need a disguise, I can tear down a kingdom with a couple of lines, Because lies need a crowd, but truth needs one voice... And unfortunately for you, I fucking found mine. (Bridge — Scream) You want a hero? I'll wear the cape. You want a villain? I'll take the blame. You want a saint? I'll fake the halo. You want the truth? Then don't fucking complain. (Final Verse — Scream) I'm not here to save you, I'm here to expose you, Pull back the curtain, Then watch what it shows you. Every perfect family, every perfect friend, Every “everything's fine” right before the end, Every fake apology, every staged embrace, Every person wearing somebody else's face. You don't hate me because I'm cruel or insane. You hate me because I say your secret out loud. So keep pretending. Keep smiling. Keep telling yourselves you're different. I'll be right here... waiting for the mask to slip. (Outro — whispered) Everybody pretends. I just don't.