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 But when you're withdrawn (ah)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...
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 Oooh (Oh, oh)...
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 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
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 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...)
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 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)...