Verse
F# D#m A#m C#
Perfect, I'll be the one that you've been searching for
F# D#m A#m C#
I'll ditch the car and get you at the door
F# D#m A#m C#
Ensure my words have not been said before
F# D#m A#m C#
And I'll give you everything but only show one side
F# D#m A#m C#
Ever adventuring, a shining light
F# D#m A#m C#
The positivity that's in your life
[chorus]
G#m D#m
But I can't keep pretending I'm somebody
G#m C#
When I can get knocked down by everyone
B
And you'll forget it when you're closer
C#
When we get closer
F# D#m
You'll slowly get over me
Bm F# D#m A#m C#
So don't get closer
[Verse 2]
F# D#m A#m C#
Maybe I'll still be the Romeo that puts love first
F# D#m A#m C#
But words become cliched and sound rehearsed
F# D#m A#m C#
I'll be a million miles away
[chorus]
G#m D#m
But I can't keep pretending I'm somebody
G#m C#
When I can get knocked down by everyone
B
And you'll forget it when you're closer
C#
When we get closer
F# D#m
You'll slowly get over me
B
And as we get older
C#
As we grow older
F# D#m
You'll know that from afar is the best way to be with me
Bm F#
So don't get closer
[bridge]
D#m C# F# B
Oh darling don't don't hold my hand so close
D#m C# F# B
Oh darling don't don't hold my hand so close
[chorus]
G#m
But I can't keep pretending
G#m
No I can't keep pretending
G#m C#
But I can't keep pretending I'm someone
B
And you'll forget it when you're closer
C#
When we get closer
F# D#m
You'll slowly get over me
B
And as we get older
C#
As we grow older
F# D#m
You'll know that from afar is the best way to be with me
Bm F#
So don't get closer