VERSE I I GREW UP INSIDE YOUR CERTAINTY A WORLD OF BLACK AND WHITE WHERE EVERY ANSWER WAS PROVIDED AND EVERY DOUBT REQUIRED A FIGHT YOU CALLED IT LOVE YOU CALLED IT FAMILY YOU SAID THESE BONDS COULD NEVER BREAK BUT THE CRACKS BEGAN TO SHOW THE MOMENT I REFUSED TO FAKE PRE-CHORUS I DIDN'T RUN I DIDN'T HIDE I STOOD BEFORE YOU AS MYSELF AND THAT WAS ENOUGH CHORUS I STOPPED PRETENDING AND YOU LET GO I STOPPED BENDING AND YOUR TRUE COLORS SHOWED YOU SAID LOVE NEVER FAILS UNTIL IT CAME TO ME YOU SAID FAMILY LASTS FOREVER BUT FOREVER HAD A FEE I STOPPED PRETENDING AND YOU WALKED AWAY VERSE II I WASN'T LOST I WASN'T BROKEN I DIDN'T DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT I WAS STANDING RIGHT BESIDE YOU TRYING TO LIVE AN HONEST LIFE BUT EVERY QUESTION WAS A THREAT EVERY DIFFERENCE WAS A CRIME AND EVERY PIECE OF WHO I AM BECAME A REASON TO DRAW THE LINE PRE-CHORUS YOU DIDN'T LOVE ME YOU LOVED THE VERSION THAT KEPT YOU COMFORTABLE CHORUS I STOPPED PRETENDING AND YOU LET GO I STOPPED BENDING AND YOUR TRUE COLORS SHOWED YOU SAID LOVE NEVER FAILS UNTIL IT CAME TO ME YOU SAID FAMILY LASTS FOREVER BUT FOREVER HAD A FEE I STOPPED PRETENDING AND YOU WALKED AWAY BREAKDOWN COME AS YOU ARE WAS NEVER TRUE IT WAS COME AS YOU ARE THEN BECOME US THINK LIKE US PRAY LIKE US LIVE LIKE US OR WATCH THE LOVE DISAPPEAR YOU NEVER LOST ME YOU JUST COULDN'T LOVE THE MAN I BECAME BLEGH FINAL CHORUS I STOPPED PRETENDING AND THE MASKS FELL OFF I SAW THE CONDITIONS BENEATH THE CROSS YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER LEAVE YOU SAID YOU'D STAND YOUR GROUND BUT THE MOMENT I CHOSE MY OWN PATH YOU WERE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND OUTRO I NEVER LEFT THE FAMILY THE FAMILY LEFT ME THE DAY I CHOSE TO FINALLY BE ME
