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[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]
            
I tried to be 

  
perfect
              
But nothing wa

   
s worth it
             
I don’t believ

              
e it makes me 

 
real
              
I thought it’d

    
 be easy
             
But no one bel

ieves me
             
I meant all th

           
e things I sai

d

[Chorus]
             
If you believe

             
 it’s in my so

ul
             
I’d say all th

              
e words that I

  
 know
              
Just to see if

           
 it would show
             
That I’m tryin

              
g to let you k


now
              
That I’m bette

              
r off on my ow

 
n

[Interlude]
   

[Verse 2]
            
This place is 

    
so empty
              
My thoughts ar

      
e so tempting
              
I don’t know h

            
ow it got so b


ad
              
Sometimes it’s

     
 so crazy
              
That nothing c

    
an save me
              
But it’s the o

             
nly thing that

    
 I have

[Chorus]
             
If you believe

             
 it’s in my so

ul
             
I’d say all th

              
e words that I

  
 know
              
Just to see if

           
 it would show
             
That I’m tryin

              
g to let you k


now
              
That I’m bette

              
r off on my ow

 
n

[Instrumental]
   
   
    

[Verse 3]
            
I tried to be 

 
perfect
              
It just wasn’t

  
 worth it
              
Nothing could 

           
ever be so wro

ng
              
It’s hard to b


elieve me
              
It never gets 

 
easy
             
I guess I knew

            
 that all alon

g

[Chorus]
             
If you believe

             
 it’s in my so

ul
             
I’d say all th

              
e words that I

  
 know
              
Just to see if

           
 it would show
             
That I’m tryin

              
g to let you k


now
              
That I’m bette

             
r off on my ow

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