Bravado

Bravado
Lorde

All my life
I've been fighting a war
I can't talk to you or your friends
It's not only you
My heart jumps around when I'm eluded to
This will not do

'Cause I was raised up
To be admired, to be noticed
But when you're withdrawn
It's the closest thing
To a someone who lies around you
This will not do

I'm thinking glory
Lick my lips, toss my hair
And send a smile over
And the story's brand new
And I can take it from here
I'll find my own bravado

It's a switch flicked, it's a pill tipped back, it's a moon eclipsed, oh
And I can tell you that when the lights come on, I'll be ready for this
It's in your bloodstream, a collision of atoms that happens before your eyes
It's a marathon run or a mountain you scaled without thinking of size

I was frightened of every little thing
That I thought was out to get me down
To trip me up and laugh at me
But I learned not to hold the quiet of the room
With no one around to find me out
I want the applause, the approval, the things that make me go, oh

It's a switch flicked, it's a pill tipped back, it's a moon eclipsed, oh
And I can tell you that when the lights come on, I'll be ready for this
It's in your bloodstream, a collision of atoms that happens before your eyes
It's a marathon run or a mountain you scaled without thinking of size

I was frightened of every little thing
That I thought was out to get me down
To trip me up and laugh at me
But I learned not to hold the quiet of the room
With no one around to find me out
I want the applause, the approval, the things that make me go, oh