Bravado lyrics

All my life I've been fighting a war

I can't talk to you or your friends

It's not only you

My heart jumps around when I'm alluded to

This will not do

'Cause I was raised up

To be admired, to be noticed

But when you're withdrawn

It's the closest thing

To assault when all eyes are on you

This will not do

I'm thinking glory

Lick my lips, toss my hair

And send a smile over

And the story's brand new

That I can take it from here

I'll find my own bravado

It's a switch flipped

It's a pill tipped back

It's a moon eclipsed, oh

And I can tell you that when the lights come on,

I'll be ready for this

It's in your blood stream

A collision of atoms that happens before your eyes

It's a marathon run

Or a mountain you scale without thinking of size

I was fighting off every little thing

that I thought was out to get me down

To trip me up and laugh at me but

I've learned not to want the quiet of the room

with no one around to find me out

I want the applause, the approval

The things that make me go oh, woah

It's a switch flipped

It's a pill tipped back

It's a moon eclipsed, oh

And I can tell you that when the lights come on,

I'll be ready for this

It's in your blood stream

A collision of atoms that happens before your eyes

It's a marathon run

Or a mountain your scale without thinking of size

I was fighting off every little thing

that I thought was out to get me down

To trip me up and laugh at me but

I've learned not to want the quiet of the room

with no one around to find me out

I want the applause, the approval

The things that make me go oh, woah

• Artist:Lorde
• Album:The Love Club EP (2012)