If I scream at the top of my lungs,
Will you hear what I don't say?
If I dance like I'm on a stage,
Will you see I seem out of place?
If I put on a disguise,
Will you think everything's alright?
If I leave before the end,
Will you forget that I was there?
When you saw me leaving,
Did you think I had a place to go?
Since you stopped believing
I've had to put on my own show.
I'll put on a performance,
I'll put on a show,
It is a performance,
I do it all so
You won't see my hurting
When my heart, it breaks,
I'll put on a performance,
I'll put on a brave face.
Even when I was hurting
You could always find me,
Now you've stopped looking for me,
But I'm still playing hide-and-seek.
I want you to notice,
But you just don't see,
The show is wasted on you,
So I perform for me.
When you saw me leaving,
Did you think I had a place to go?
Since you stopped believing
I've had to put on my own show.
I'll put on a performance,
I'll put on a show,
It is a performance,
I do it all so
You won't see my hurting
When my heart, it breaks,
I'll put on a performance,
I'll put on a brave face.