Well I’m stuck in a rut and I’m feeling down
What do I do, can I make a sound?
I don’t know what I’m feeling now
This is new, and I’m swallowed up, in the crowd
Will somebody please let me out
I’m in my head and it’s too loud, right now
Sink or swim, baby I might drown
Sick of feeling this way and
It’s so hard to pretend
It’s all good in my head
I’m trying not to let it show
I’m lying to my friends I know
It’s so hard to pretend
So I, stay inside and I lock the door
Don’t wanna face the world anymore
Hideaway cos I’m not sure
How to handle the clouds cos when it rains it pours, and
I try to leave but I’m feeling raw, so I
I cover up, it’s the only way to weather the storm
To stay alive baby I want more
Sick of feeling this way and
It’s so hard to pretend
It’s all good in my head
I’m trying not to let it show
I’m lying to my friends I know
It’s so hard to pretend
(So hard, so hard to pretend, so hard)
It’s all good in my head
(All good, all good in my head, all good)
I’m trying not to let it show
(Trying, trying not to let, trying)
I’m lying to my friends I know
(Lying, lying to my friends, lying)
Maybe the vampires got it right
‘Cause I’ve been hiding from the light
But I don’t wanna have to anymore
Somebody please let me out
I’m in my head and it’s too loud, right now
Sink or swim, baby I might drown
It’s so hard to pretend
(So hard, so hard to pretend, so hard)
It’s all good in my head
(All good, all good in my head, all good)
I’m trying not to let it show
(Trying, trying not to let, trying)
I’m lying to my friends I know
(Lying, lying to my friends, lying)
It’s so hard to pretend
(So hard, so hard to pretend, so hard)
It’s all good in my head
(All good, all good in my head, all good)
I’m trying not to let it show
(Trying, trying not to let, trying)
I’m lying to my friends I know
(Lying, lying to my friends, lying)
(So hard, so hard to pretend, so hard)
credits
released September 22, 2023
Music & Lyrics - Patrick Earley
Production and additional instrumentation - Nick Mason
Pearl Lee is a singer/songwriter on Dja Dja Wurrung land in Bendigo, Victoria. Following the release of his debut full
length album Mirrors in 2022, he's back with new music in 2023. Two new singles "Ain't Weak to Speak" and "Hard to Pretend", herald the release of his new EP “It’s Real Now It Has a Name”, coming out everywhere October 20th....more
Bouncy, jangly power pop with a slash of acidic shadow, as the very best twee always has. From Boston, they met at band camp (not Bandcamp). Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 2, 2019