real

I don't wanna talk
 I just wanna sleep it off
 So I can go to bed
 Pretend like this will somehow end
 I don't wanna talk
 I just wanna sleep it off
 So I can go to bed
 But I know that this will never end
 I was in Temple, Texas
 And I took an exit to a gas station, stopped the car
 Saw a young man, wearing black Vans
 Kinda looked like me from afar
 He said, "Joe, I would die for you, bro
 Man, you a legend, I hope that you know
 I got your logo tattooed on my throat
 I stayed out hours waiting for your show
 You do it all even with the anxiety
 And honestly, that is inspiring
 With all the depression you put on yourself and from others
 That shit must get tiring"
 I told him, "Thanks," and I drove home
 Going 95 in a 55
 I don't wanna let him down now
 Tryna be strong, but I don't know how
 I don't wanna talk
 I just wanna sleep it off
 So I can go to bed
 Pretend like this will somehow end
 I don't wanna talk
 I just wanna sleep it off
 So I can go to bed
 But I know that this will never end
 So what will it take for this broken brain?
 Will I go insane? Will I be the same?
 Will I win this game? I don't know
 Facing an army of fear on my own
 Reading reviews of my songs in my bed
 I lie and I say it won't get to my head
 Defining myself by a stranger's opinion
 The people around me tell me not to listen
 So you wanted real? Now I'm bein' it
 I don't wanna keep on feeling this
 You don't know what I've been dealing with
 You don't know what I've been dealing with
 I put all this pain in the music
 But every night on this stage I'm reliving it
 Had a panic attack every day for a year
 Gave me pills, I know there was no fixing it
 Yeah, 'cause me and mental health go way back
 Thought it went away but it came back
 Either way, I know I got to try and face that
 It's how I am but I wish that I could change that
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 I don't wanna talk
 I just wanna sleep it off
 So I can go to bed
 Pretend like this will somehow end
 I don't wanna talk
 I just wanna sleep it off
 So I can go to bed
 But I know that this will never end