In the end, everything isn't what I thought it would be,

and I pretend so that you aren't runnin' from me,

so I thought of myself as free from your spell,

but now all I got is my own lil' hell.

When I pretend, that in the end, all is right

with you and me, and that all you want is all I ever can be.

When I pretend, that in the end

that I am what you always wanted to see

and you have got me runnin' from me.

When I think on what I am, on what I became for you,

doing all I did so I could get to

you

When, in the end, everything is always perfect for you,

And everything is exactly as you wanted it to

be...

And, in the end, I am everything I feared I could be,

Just exactly like the person you always wanted to see,

And when I pretend, I can forget about the person I am,

Doing all that I do for the false love of you.

And, in the end, everything I always wanted to be,

has got me on the run, always runnin' from me.

When I think on what I am, on what I became for you,

doing all I did so I could get to

you

When, in the end, everything is always perfect for you,

And everything is exactly as you wanted it to

be...

And, in the end, there is nothin' of me,

and in the end, I became only the person you always wanted to see

In the End.