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