[Verse 1]
Hello everybody, aren't you glad that I'm here?
I've been writing this song for more than a year
So come hear me sing, if it's not your thing
You'll never ever see me again
I've been losing sleep, throwing play over play
To excite your interest and think of a way (Ah-ah)
To connect to you, tell me what to do
Got to know right now, will you tell me truthfully?

[Chorus]
What can I do to make you love me? (Love, love, love)
What can I do to make you care?
Far away yet so close, I never know
All I know is that I'll do this the hard way
Every morning I wake up on a pedestal
Ooh-ooh, gonna see this through some day
The hard way

[Post-Chorus]
(Go)
(Wooh)
(Yes)

[Verse 2]
Oh, what? That there? No sir, that wasn't me
I am much more edgy and interesting (Whoa-oh-oh)
Come to think of it, I don't give a shit
So please don't think that I even care
(Please don't think that she even cares)
Oh, I love the pain and rejection I feel (Ah-ah)
It just fuels my art, I'm an artist who's real (Ah-ah)
But just one more thing that I'd like to sing (That she'd like to sing)
Got to know right now, will you tell me truthfully?
[Chorus]
What can I do to make you love me? (Love, love, love)
What can I do to make you care?
Far away yet so close, I never know
All I know is that I'll do this the hard way
Every morning I wake up on a pedestal
Ooh-ooh, wanna see this through some day
The hard way

[Bridge]
(Hard way)
(The hard way)

[Chorus]
And it's so close, I never know
All I know is that I'll do this the hard way (Yeah, yeah)
Every morning I wake up on a pedestal
Ooh-ooh, gonna see this through some day
So close, I never know
All I know is that I'll do this the hard way (Yeah, yeah)
Every morning I wake up on a pedestal
Ooh-ooh, gonna see this through some day
So close, I never know
All I know is that I'll do this the hard way