American Woods

Side A, Track 3: FIT IT.

"FIT IT. (Fake It 'Til It's True)"

[American Wolves: Jack Hectør Wolf • Michaela Maya Watson]

Hold on to your heart, this is not a test

Choose well your words, 'cause this is not a test

It's time to decide whether group you'll stay

For the rest of your life, and if you are different, babe

Then fake it 'til it's true, fake it 'til it's true

Someday they'll believe you are like them too

Fake it 'til it's true, fake it 'til it's true

Someday you'll act like a society prisoner too

You know, I tried for a long time to be a good Christ soldier

Just like all my childhood friends also were

But once I found myself, I couldn't take this weight on my shoulders

No longer, no longer, I couldn't handle that suffer anymore

I tried to fake my reflection, so everyone could see a different me

A different version of the man I was trying fucking hard to be

Tried to hear their prayers, tried to like their worship songs

But something in my heart was giving alert signs, "you're alone

Are you mad, Jack? Are you trying to destroy yourself inside?

'Cause when you try to find yourself in them, you lose your life

'Cause when you try to reach Jesus, you only lose yourself in the middle"

So now I'm afraid of give two steps back in religion and let everything go

Hold on to your heart, this is not a test

Choose well your words, 'cause this is not a test

It's time to decide whether group you'll stay

For the rest of your life, and if you are different, babe

Then fake it 'til it's true, fake it 'til it's true

Someday they'll believe you are like them too

Fake it 'til it's true, fake it 'til it's true

Someday you'll act like a society prisoner too

Another night, another shot in the dark

I'd much rather be taking shots at a bar

But I have to stay here, and pretend I'm okay

Telling the truth would make my life quite easier

Instead, I just try to put up with those cheaters

And pretend there's nothing wrong with it

Faking smiles and faking everything else

Faking smiles, but being true when I say I can't stand myself

Stop asking me to talk it through, like you care

It's all fun and games until we have to fuck with reality

The calm before the storms makes me kinda happy

Stop telling me to be okay, you know you couldn't care less

Hold on to your heart, this is not a test

Choose well your words, 'cause this is not a test

It's time to decide whether group you'll stay

For the rest of your life, and if you are different, babe

Then fake it 'til it's true, fake it 'til it's true

Someday they'll believe you are like them too

Fake it 'til it's true, fake it 'til it's true

Someday you'll act like a society prisoner too

Diamond rings and teeth perfectly aligned

There's only chaos behind these smiles

Hold back and see the bigger picture

The brighter, the better, but are you really sure?

Don't you think there's better stuff that you could use?

Stained make up with an expensive dress, I'm sick of it

Disappear before you even see, I just need to hang on a little bit

It's getting dark, and I don't have a ride home

But if I had, I would run and call it shotgun

So I could watch and learn how people fake

Bounds break, relationships collapse

It's just normal life until you start counting steps

Don't try to fit in if you don't give a shit about the stakes

Although they're high, aren't they Jack? (Hell yeah!)

Hold on to your heart, this is not a test

Choose well your words, 'cause this is not a test

It's time to decide whether group you'll stay

For the rest of your life, and if you are different, babe

Then fake it 'til it's true, fake it 'til it's true

Someday they'll believe you are like them too

Fake it 'til it's true, fake it 'til it's true

Someday you'll act like a society prisoner too