(Some days, I forget what’s real) (And I guess I’ve learned how to smile through that) I trace back things that people said Try to hear them again without the cameras there You held my hand at a rooftop bar Said you liked me better when I wasn’t trying hard I remember laughing, but I don’t know why Was it me or the moment you were really buying? And maybe I’m overthinking all of this But it’s hard to trust what doesn’t shift I feel paper thin Like everyone around me’s playing a part And I don’t know where the real begins Or if I’ve ever let you in Are you here for me or the noise I’m living in? 'Cause I feel paper, paper thin You used to say, “Don’t worry, I see you” But sometimes I felt more like a preview Of someone you thought you knew from a screen I tried to be smaller, tried to come clean But I still don’t know if you ever saw me Without the stage lights on me And maybe that’s what this life does Turns “us” into “just because” 'Cause- I feel paper thin Like everyone around me’s playing a part And I don’t know where the real begins Or if I’ve ever let you in Are you here for me or the noise I’m living in? 'Cause I feel paper, paper thin It’s not about blame I just don’t know if I’ve ever known my name Without someone else saying it first And maybe that’s why this still hurts Some days, I forget what’s real And I guess I’ve learned how to smile through that
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