If you cry make sure that they can hear And if you laugh draw your enemies near And if you find yourself somewhere between dark and belief Remember, remember to think on your knees Never trust that man who’s been smiling on his life His fears will catch up in the end He’s standing tall while the rest of us are blind Oh brother it’s all just pretend It’s all just pretend And if you run run so nobody can catch up And if you drink you’d better see the bottom of that cup And if you lose your mind make sure your friends can get it back And can you find all the beauty in the pain that we have And all we’ve been doing is painting our faces Taking our lives to the grave Drowning our thoughts with our weak information Wishing we had something more to give Never trust that man who’s been smiling on his life His fears will catch up in the end He’s standing tall while the rest of us are blind Oh brother it’s all just pretend It’s all just … the things that we wished for when we planned our lives But it’s been hard to live and it’s been hard to die We’ve seen separation from what once was clear Believing ourselves there was nothing to fear Never trust that man who’s been smiling on his life His fears will catch up in the end He’s standing tall while the rest of us are blind Oh brother, it's all just pretend Oh brother, it's all just pretend Oh brother, it's all just pretend it's all just pretend