charades

Halsey

Ladies and gentlemen
You are about to witness
The most death-defying leap ever attempted
Watch her closely

The words, they don t come easy
But the feelings come all strong
I know words should make me happy
If sometimes I play along
My chest on set fire, there s no burnin in my lungs
Just an empty space I ve labeled as
The things that I should love

All that cuts through
Is the fear of what I ll lose
I was born a welfare baby
With the blisters in my shoes
Pretendin that I m small
Cause I d be in trouble if I grew
Pretendin I was fine
Cause I d be in trouble if they knew (Trouble if they knew)

I ve been confusing afraid and well-behaved
Been sacrificin things that I want because I thought
That it would make me brave
And since the pastor kicked me out
Because of tithes that went unpaid
I don t waste my time at all, nobody answers when I pray
Are you good at charades? (Oh, oh)
Can you see that I m bleeding on the stage?
Can you feel the things I m screamin
Even when I cannot say?
I don t talk to God, I don t talk at all
I m quiet most these days
So are you good at charades?

Three words and four syllables
Doctor told me I m not invincible
But I ve been livin like I was for far too long
A big world feelin real small now
Every day, I m dizzy in the roundabout
Daddy told me that he won t be coming around

The only way that I ll get through
Is to tell them that I refuse
Cause I was born a welfare baby
So I got nothing left to lose
And I m pretendin it don t hurt
Cause I know somehow I ll make do
I know exactly how to be alone
Because it s all I ever knew

I m afraid to feel like a burden, so I lie awake
Try not to get too attached
Cause I know that they ll leave anyway
Ever since that pastor kicked me out
Because of tithes that went unpaid
I don t waste my time at all, nobody answers when I pray
Are you good at charades? (Oh, oh)
Can you see that I m bleeding on the stage?
Can you feel the things I m screamin
Even when I cannot say?
I don t talk to God, I don t talk at all
I m quiet most these days
So, are you good at charades? Are you any good at charades?

Maybe you and I, we should play
Should we give it a go, cause nobody knows?
At the end of the day, it s just a harmless game
Well, I don t wanna give it away
And I know you could get it if you paid attention
Are you good at charades?
Are you any good at charades? Mm