"Fuck..." "... What are we gonna do?" "Chin up, babe." "But they won't" "Take you for real?" "I know." "Just show 'em how it's done." "So I gotta bare my teeth." "Got it." [Verse] Devil's speakin' before I feel him Got an answer before I get the joke He's the half-inch edge that I gain when he takes over my self control I got no choice and only notice Right after I've left you bleedin' You taught me a hard lesson, that I don't remember wantin'. [Pre-Chorus] But it works. That's the part nobody says. But it works. That's the part everybody hates. But it works. and I fuckin' love it that way. [Chorus] Am I real, or am I just the show Chin up, teeth bare, here we go Come at me baby, I'll have an answer But it won't be comin' just from me Am I real, or am I just the show Nobody's ever wanted to know You fear the version that stands up straight And you hate him So who's gonna love him [Verse] Now I get to use him on purpose Feel the room change when I do too You'll say something small and sharp And up he goes, and you back off Ain't no mask, he's my second skin Been carryin' him since I was a lil kid. Your fear, ain't that I use him. Baby, your fear is that I'm good at it! [Pre-Chorus] But it works. That's the part nobody says. But it works. That's the part everybody hates. But it works. and I fuckin' love it that way. [Chorus] Am I real, or am I just the show Chin up, teeth bare, here we go Come at me baby, I'll have an answer But it won't be comin' just from me Am I real, or am I just the show Nobody's ever wanted to know You fear the version that stands up straight And you hate him So who's gonna love him [Rap] Line 'em up, line 'em up: who's the real one, who's the routine Who picks the shirt, who rehearses what I mean Who answers when you fuck up my name Who's still standin' when the world's on flames Who takes the hit, who calls the shots Who says "I'm fine" before I'm bleedin' Who goes home, who stays on duty Who's still up at 4 with armour on? Gotta line 'em up on a parade Cuz it seems they all the same Hells even I know the difference. But tell me, tell me baby, Who's in front of you? [Bridge] Say I take him down. Say I stood here naked. What do you even see? Do you know who's me? Tough luck answerin' that baby Been him longer than I've been myself and I'd have to start from nothing cuz I really gotta say... I really ain't doin' that again... [Solo] Take the lights. Take the smoke. Take the teeth I learned to show. Take the way I read the room. Take the way I make you move. Go on, baby. Strip me clean. Now tell me Who'd you come to see? "Chin up." "No." "Just lemme..." Lemme fuck up. Lemme miss. Lemme stand here scared as shit. Lemme lose the perfect answer. Lemme not know what's comin'. And if he comes when I start breakin', If he stands when I can no longer, If he talks when I start screamin' Take my teeth! Take my poise! Take my goddamn voice! If he's fake, then what am I? If I'm real, then WHY IS HE MINE?! (But it works.) Who am I without him? (But it works.) Who am I without him?! (But it works.) WHO THE FUCK AM I WITHOUT HIIIIIM?! [Pre-Chorus] But it works. (course it does.) BUT IT WORKS (COURSE IT DOES.) BUT IT FUCKIN' WORKS! (FUCKIN' DAMN RIGHT!) [Final Chorus] Am I real, or am I just the show Chin up, teeth bare, here we go Come at me baby, I'll have an answer But it won't be comin' just from me Am I real, or am I just the show Somebody out there really oughta know You fear the version that stands up straight And even if you hate him... I ain't letting him down, baby.
