Imposter Syndrome

[Verse 1] Lost, lost in the grip of this false-face fever Tick-tick, heart pricked by the imposter's cleaver Locked out of truth, in the halls of make-believe How strange, how strange - a phantom that I can't leave [Chorus] Look, it's a lie-lie-lie, now, lie, lie; guise-guise-guise, just illusions dressed so tight Ah, I’ll strip-strip-strip, strip the facade away Feeling "fake" is just too much, too much, too much... No, no, no!!! [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] Whoa! A dizzying drop in the role I play, swept by this false-face fever! Shouting in a void, spinning, always spinning Whoa! In a trap of my own making, destined to lose, I fear! Falling, always falling, no, no, NO! [Chorus] Look, it's a lie-lie-lie, now, lie, lie Your praise just misses the mark, oh, I dread it so! Now, it’s a lie-lie-lie you see, lie, lie Stop, pause, pause; I dread it, dread it, dread it, dread it, dread it, dread it! [Instrumental Break] [Rap Verse] Twirl and twirl, feeling crazed! Snap! Caution! Wait, this can’t be right! Twirling—twirl, twirling to the beat of fear and fright! (Crazed, crazed) Ah! Snap! Caution, yeah, this charade isn’t right! Twirling—twirl, my spirit’s locked (Crazed, crazed) Endless dread, huh...? Ha! Bound, bound tightly is a persona unwanted; False-face fever. Pretender, pretender - the one echoing praise Is the trickster... Ahh! [Chorus] Look, it's a lie-lie-lie, St-st-stall, moment's stall... Bl-bl-bluff, a bluff of defiance... Lie-lie-lie, fa-fa-fa-fa-false False-face, false-face False-face, no, no, NO!!! [Outro] Now then! A dizzying drop in the role I play, it's all the false-face fever! Left or right, every turn just spins — such agony! My spirit’s at its brink, unraveling with every step I fake!! Lost and masked in this dark game, we’re playing hide-and-seek! Hide-and-seek-weep, no joy to reap! A dizzying drop in the role I play, it's all the false-face fever! I raise my muted cries and whirl around and around Whoa! In a web of pretense, chilled to the core no matter what I try! I'm all iced over, no, no, NO! Look, it's a lie-lie-lie, now, a lie, lie This ache, raw and exposed, I dread it! Look, it's a lie-lie-lie, now, a lie, lie All my sense is cloaked in shadows, no, no, no... now, now, now; No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!