Bravado Lyrics - Lorde

1 All my life, I've been fighting a war

2 I can't talk to you or your friends

3 It's not only you, my heart jumps around

4 When I'm alluded to, this will not do

5 'Cause I was raised up to be admired

6 To be noticed, but when you're withdrawn

7 It's the closest thing to assault

8 When all eyes are on you, this will not do

9 I'm faking glory, lick my lips, toss my hair

10 And turn the smile on and the story's brand new

11 But I can take it from here

12 I'll find my own bravado

13 It's a switch flipped, it's a pill tipped back

14 It's a moon eclipsed, woah

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

16 I'll be ready for this

17 It's in your bloodstream, a collision of atoms

18 That happens before your eyes

19 It's a marathon run or a mountain you scale

20 Without thinking of size

21 I was frightened of every little thing

22 That I thought was out to get me down

23 To trip me up and laugh at me

24 But I learned not to want the quiet of a room

25 With no one around to find me out

26 I want the applause, the approval

27 The things that make me go

28 It's a switch flipped, it's a pill tipped back

29 It's a moon eclipsed, woah

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

31 I'll be ready for this

32 It's in your bloodstream, a collision of atoms

33 That happens before your eyes

34 It's a marathon run or a mountain you scale

35 Without thinking of size

36 I was frightened of every little thing

37 That I thought was out to get me down

38 To trip me up and laugh at me

39 But I learned not to want the quiet of a room

40 With no one around to find me out

41 I want the applause, the approval

42 The things that make me go