Analysis of Tired of Faking



Put on the facade again today
Bright and beautiful
Fun and happy,
Pretend like everything is okay
When really inside, you're dying

Tired of faking
I just wanna be the real thing
No one wants that though
So I'll keep putting on my show,
Enjoy, here you all go.

Paste a smile on, feel it melt away
Can't seem to make the grin stay today
Feel so hollow when I'm all alone
No one to hear my silent groan

But I'm still tired of faking
Don't think I can be the real thing
No one seems to care though
So I'll keep putting on my show
Enjoy, here you all go.

I wish you could see me, though I hide
I wish my pain wasn't a surprise
I wish I didn't suffocate my heart
I wish that I could just restart

Tired of faking
I just wanna be the real thing
No one wants that though
So I'll keep putting on my show,
Enjoy, here you all go.


Scheme axxab BBCCC aadd bbcCC xxee BBCCC
Poetic Form
Metre 110010101 10100 1010 0111011 11001110 10110 11101011 11111 11110111 011111 101111101 111101101 111011101 11111101 11110110 11111011 111111 11110111 011111 111111111 111110001 111101011 11111101 10110 11101011 11111 11110111 011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 827
Words 182
Sentences 3
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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