[Verse 1]
I woke up in a room
Built from borrowed plans
My name on a welcome mat
That I never planted
The sink kept asking me
Who I’d been before
I fed it a polite lie
Then I shut the door
[Pre-Chorus]
If I keep saying it
Will it turn to gold?
If I keep wearing it
Will they never know?
[Chorus]
This fake future life
Looks good on paper
(fake future life)
But it cuts like paper
I smile real wide
Then I feel the fracture
(fake future life)
I’m still here after
[Verse 2]
There’s a suit in my closet
Still got the store crease
There’s a card in my wallet
With a stranger’s dream
Every handshake lands
Like a borrowed key
Every “you’re doing great”
Means “don’t look at me”
[Pre-Chorus]
If I keep saying it
Will it turn to gold?
If I keep wearing it
Will they never know?
[Chorus]
This fake future life
Looks good on paper
(fake future life)
But it cuts like paper
I smile real wide
Then I feel the fracture
(fake future life)
I’m still here after
[Bridge]
And maybe I don’t need
A perfect new skin
Maybe I can breathe
Where the cracks begin
No more polished lines
No more staged surprise
I want dirt on my hands
And truth in my eyes
[Final Chorus]
This fake future life
I’m done with paper
(fake future life)
I want something safer
A real small house
With a real loud laughter
(fake future life)
I’m still here after
