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