I built a world inside my head Where the broken things don’t bleed Where the monsters all make friends And they finally let me sleep The sky is always burning gold And I never have to run In the silence, I feel whole In this dream that’s never done But I wake up with the weight again Same four walls, same hollow skin Take me back to make-believe Where I’m not drowning underneath Where I don’t have to fake a smile Or lie and say I’m fine awhile I’d trade the truth for something bright A painted world, a softer fight Reality just cuts too deep So let me live in make-believe Outside the colors fade to grey And the echoes feel like knives But in my mind, I’ve carved a place Where I'm not barely getting by No one asks me to explain No one leaves me in the cold And the pieces that I lost Are finally back and feeling whole But the real world calls me back again To shattered glass and bitter ends Take me back to make-believe Where I’m not drowning underneath Where I don’t have to fake a smile Or lie and say I’m fine awhile I’d trade the truth for something bright A painted world, a softer fight Reality just cuts too deep So let me live in make-believe Tell me it’s okay to run Tell me I’m not the only one Who builds a world where they feel safe Even if it’s just escape Take me back to make-believe Where I can breathe, where I feel free Where ghosts don’t whisper through the walls And I’m not bracing for the fall Don’t need the truth to set me right I just need stars to light the night This life is not what it should be So let me live in make-believe If I’m dreaming, let me be This fantasy’s what’s saving me
