I was loving the religion Had me feeling so comfortable So easy to play the role Never be accountable So close to the middle Didn't want to be hot or cold Why I gotta' be radical I don't wanna be one of those How did I fall so far from where You are But I know if I cry out from where I am You'll hear me Take me back to loving Burning me again Take me back to nothing Where it all began Take me back (woah) Take me back (woah) Take me back (yeah, yeah, yeah) Turned into performance Didn't have to be genuine The crowd was my confidence Heart straddling on the fence Stuck on the opinion (caught up) Running and racing (caught up) Just wanted the applausin' (caught up and bought up) How did I fall so far from where You are But I know if I cry out from where I am You'll hear me Take me back to loving Burning me again Take me back to nothing Where it all began Take me back to the feeling Take me back to my story Take me back to my hunger Burning me again Take me back (woah) Take me back (woah) I wanna go back (yeah, yeah, yeah) Again, again, again Take me back (woah) Take me back (woah) I want my hunger back (yeah, yeah, yeah) I want my feeling Take me back (woah) To the place (woah) Where I first believed (yeah, yeah, yeah) Take me back (woah) Take me back (woah) (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Take me back Take me back Take me back Take me back Take me back.

Sometimes I live my life like I got something to prove Get caught up in opinions, I got so much to lose If I don't perform well, talk well Give the people what they want or I'ma catch hell Don't talk too loud about your struggles, try to pray through Got that tight smile I wear when I'm tryin' not to be rude Because I honour well, yeah, I love well Give the people what they want or I'ma catch hell And I try But I'm tired I'm shedding performance Yes, slowly but surely I try But I'm tirеd I'm grown but still growing Yes, slowly but surely, I try Said it right and evеrybody's happy but me I wore it so well it covered up my identity Because I pretend so well, but I question as well Tell the people what they wanna hear or catch hell There's only so much I can take And I'm spilling over, raging waters making me free And I don't mind, well, guess I'll find myself People only want the narrative that sells, well And I try And I'm trying I'm shedding performance Yes, slowly but surely, I try I'm grown but still growing Yes, slowly but surely, I try Performance can't buy your love You can try but it never will be enough Performance can't buy your love You can try but it never will be enough (Performance can't buy your love) Performance can't buy your love (you can try) You can try but it never will be enough (you can try) (You can try, you surely can try) Performance can't buy your love (but you're already) You can try, you can try, you can try (try) Try But I'm tired, I'm tired, I'm tired I'm shedding performance Yes, slowly but surely I try, I-I-I-I And I'm tired 'Cause I'm grown but still growing Yes, slowly but surely I try