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