Pretty Good 🪞

ALL LYRICS & IDEAS BY EME LATINA (2025) [mournful piano] [Verse 1] A mirror projecting my grief, bare Who's that pale ghost reflected there? Heroes fall when we believe they lack All I see’s a stranger staring back I have not met myself in days Shakespeare couldn't find the many ways Let me compare thee to a Summer—why? Words are nothing when all they do is lie [Pre-Chorus] I fake the fire that I'm supposed to have I fake the tone in which I'm supposed to laugh [Chorus] I've gotten pretty good at pretending I've gotten pretty good at not offending I've gotten pretty good at bending Just wish I was more than pretty good at mending [Verse 2] The sun rises and falls like my breath I'm closer and closer to death Do you ever wonder where time went? If you've lived well enough or need to repent? On one hand, I have; on the other, not Mornings have turned to years and some of those I've forgot My eyes look back at me as I awkwardly sit I am the same, I think, and yet so far from it [Bridge] The murmur of my thoughts linger near When I think someone calls me, what I hear is more likely my mind trying to shout I get dressed, nod, and walk out— [guitar solo] [Pre-Chorus] I fake the fire that I'm supposed to have I fake the tone in which I'm supposed to laugh [Chorus] I've gotten pretty good at pretending I've gotten pretty good at not offending I've gotten pretty good at bending Just wish I was more than pretty good at mending [Outro instrumental]