Bravado de 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 alluded 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But when you’re withdrawn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 assault when all eyes are on you
This will not do

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh

I’m faking glory
Lick my lips, toss my hair
And turn the smile on
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, whoa, 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
And the things that make me go, ooh

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh

It’s a switch flicked, it’s a pill tipped back
It’s a moon eclipsed, whoa, 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
And the things that make me go, ooh

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh