She's been holding on too long Hoping i'm gonna change Giving it up just a little bit more Each time i come home Looking and acting strange Putting her down for putting up with me (chorus) Be as you are As you see as i am i am Be as you are As you see as i am i am Do you think you might improve me Trying to take control Watching every little thing i do Just like a bleeding movie Just like a leading role Mama, this ain't me and i don't Believe that's you - chorus - First you make believe I believe the things That you make believe And i'm bound to let you down Then it's i who have been deceiving Purposely misleading And all along you believed in me So we circle around one another Playing i guessing game Strangers at this masquerade Pretending to know each other We strain to catch a name And never see the mistakes we must have made - chorus -