"Fake You Out" lyrics

"Fake You Out"

I want to drive away
In the night, headlights call my name

I, I'll never be, be what you see inside
You say I'm not alone, but I am petrified
You say that you are close, is close the closest star?
You just feel twice as far, you just feel twice as far

And I'll fall
And I'll break
And I'll fake
All I wanna

And I'll fall down
And I'll break down
And I'll fake you out
All I wanna

I'm so afraid
Of what you have to say
'Cause I am quiet now
And silence gives you space

I'll never be, be what you see inside
You say I'm not alone, but I am petrified
You say that you are close, is close the closest star?
You just feel twice as far, you just feel twice as far

And I'll fall
And I'll break
And I'll fake
All I wanna

And I'll fall down
And I'll break down
And I'll fake you out
All I wanna

It's the same game today as it always is
I don't give you space to speak my name explaining this
And the wrists of my mind have the bleeding lines
That remind me of all the times
I have committed
Dirty dirty crimes that are perfectly form-fitted
To what I've done and what I'm doing
I'm brewing and losing and spewing and fusing
And believe me that's what all the kids are doing

What kids are doing
They're killing themselves
They feel they have no control of their prisoner's cell
And if you're one of them then you're one of me
And you would do almost anything just to feel free

Am I right? Of course I am
Convince me otherwise would take all night
Before you walk away
There's one more thing I want to say
Our brains are sick but that's OK

(I'll fake you out)
(I'll fake you out)
(I'll fake you out)
(I'll break you down)

(I'll fake you out)
And I'll fall (I'll fake you out)
And I'll break
And I'll fake (all all I wanna)
All I wanna

(I'll fake you out)
(I'll fake you out)
(I'll fake you out)
(I'll break you down)

(I'll fake you out)
(I'll fake you out)
(I'll fake you out)
(I'll break you down)

All I wanna
Yeah, and I'll fall down
And I'll break down
And I'll fake you out
All I wanna
Yeah, and I'll fall down
And I'll break down
And I'll fake you out
All I wanna

I'm so afraid
Of what you have to say
'Cause I am quiet now
And silence gives you space


Thanks to Hayley, Daniel Ross, Bianva, Maëlle La Reine Tout Court for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Tyler Joseph
Tyler Joseph said about this song, "My goal is to look cool every night when I play it but I fail miserably sometimes. It's a little challenge every night. It's definitely all over the place genre-wise, but that's the point I think. The bridge still catches me off-guard. I sometimes even forget it's coming when I play it live. I absolutely love that, that I, as the songwriter and performer, have to wrap my mind around what the song is doing. That's a freaking good song I think!"
The vocalist said explained some of this song's themes in an interview about the "Vessel" album, "It's about putting on a façade for people. I think about being on stage, trying to look cool. Right now I'm wearing this really nice shirt. I don't have to wear this shirt… I'm trying to look cool so people think I'm worth listening to or something. The song touches on how we constantly have to lie to people about who we really are. It gets dangerous when you start lying to yourself."
This track was released as the album's fourth single through the iTunes Store in the Scandinavian countries on the 15th of September 2013.
The band performed "Fake You Out" during their "Quiet Is Violent World Tour" (2014), as part of a medley with a cover version of "Summertime Sadness" by Lana Del Rey.
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