It’s time to stop pretending
That everything is fine.
Time to stop defending
This world that isn’t mine.
It can’t be right to feel so stressed
breathless with tension unexpressed,
It’s time to stop pretending
That everything is fine.
.
It’s time to stop pretending
That everything is fine,
That everything I’m asked to do
I’ll deliver well on time.
I have to stop to reclaim me
To be the person I want to be
It’s time to stop pretending
That everything is fine.
.
It’s time to stop pretending
That everything is fine.
Time to realise that I can choose,
To do things in my time.
So sometimes now I may say ‘no’
And choose a different path to go
It’s time to stop pretending
That everything is fine.
Jo Hansen 