[Verse 1]
Sometimes you have no idea of what happens when you come home and then go away
Of what you leave behind
I wonder what you do when no one sees you
If I'll know you or I'll make it up
And if you lie to hide from others the reality behind those teeth
We are all idealisable
We are more than predictable

[Chorus]
But I swear I'm not
And that's no good, oh-oh
And that sometimes I fantasize
Of being in control
But it's an optical illusion of the mirror
What if that's my reflection? Uh-oh, no
I tell myself no, you bеtter cover it up
It's an optical illusion
That's not me, you bеtter cover it up
It's an optical illusion

[Post-Chorus]
It's an optical illusion
It's an optical illusion

[Verse 2]
I like you to imagine what I do
When you don't see what I do when I'm with you
I- In my bed covered up when it's cold
How beautiful is sometimes the everyday life
[Pre-Chorus]
The normal
The most banal
That nothing is wrong
It would be ideal

[Chorus]
But I swear I don't
And that's no good, oh-oh
And that sometimes I fantasize
Of being in control
But it's an optical illusion of the mirror
What if that's my reflection? Uh-oh, no
I tell myself no, you better cover it up
It's an optical illusion
That's not me, you better cover it up
It's an optical illusion

[Post-Chorus]
That's not me, you better cover it up
It's an optical illusion
That's not me, you better cover it up
It's an optical illusion

[Bridge]
Sometimes I like to imagine that you don't see what I'm seeing
So I don't have to manage the hatred that I'm feeling
Self-esteem on the floor
With the ego sky high
We're only just getting out of the way
I'm jealous of people
They know how to handle grief
They look like role models
[Chorus]
But I swear I don't
And that's no good, oh-oh
And that sometimes I fantasize
Of being in control
But it's an optical illusion of the mirror
What if that's my reflection? Uh-oh, no
I say to myself no, you better cover it up
It's an optical illusion
That's not me, you better cover it up
It's an optical illusion

[Post-Chorus]
That's not me, you better cover it up
It's an optical illusion
That's not me, you better cover it up
It's an optical illusion

[Outro]
That's not me, you better cover it up
It's an optical illusion