Make Believe is a tender, bittersweet song from Clockwork Heart, capturing the quiet loneliness of Florence as she imagines a life that does not yet exist. Set in a gentle C major, the track drifts between comfort and denial, wrapping delicate fantasies around a deeper ache.

Through tea shared with an unawakened creation, painted smiles, and clockwork dreams, Florence plays at domestic happiness, pretending that love can be built, gifted, and safely controlled. The music swells with warmth and innocence, but beneath it lies the knowledge that this world is fragile, temporary, and ultimately untrue.

At its heart, Make Believe is about longing. It is about the human desire to create something that will never leave, never cry, and never break our hearts. As the dance ends and Rose is placed back on her chair, the illusion fades, leaving only the quiet truth of what has not yet come to life.

A soft, haunting moment of hope, denial, and foreshadowing, Make Believe sets the emotional foundation for everything that follows.

MAKE BELIEVE

Key: C Major

Chord Progressions:

Verse: C | G | Am | F | C | Dm | G | C

Chorus: F | G | C | Am | Dm | G | C | C

Bridge: Am | F | C | G | Dm | Em | F | G

Verse 1

Let’s pretend you’re waking up,

A clockwork dream,

with a gentle touch.

Chorus

Make believe, oh, make it true,

Paint the world in shades of you,

Clockwork smiles and silent charms,

Held together in my arms.

Verse 2

We’ll sip tea, we’ll play pretend,

You’ll smile at jokes I half-invent.

Verse 3

Painted dream with painted eyes,

A toy that dances through lullabies.

Chorus

Make believe, oh, make it true,

Paint the world in shades of you,

You’ll nod and laugh, you’ll never cry,

And always stay by my side

Bridge

If I could build a beating soul,

You’d stay, you’d never leave,

No more make believe,

I’d make you whole…

(Dance sequence begins – Florence picks up the half-finished Rose starts to dance with her)

Chorus

Make believe, oh, make it true,

Paint the world in shades of you,

I’ll give you books and velvet gowns,

With coloured and painted crowns.

Verse 4

And when the sun starts to rise,

We’ll go to bed with sad goodbyes

Outro

But it’s all just make believe,

A dream, a play toy, I’m just naive…

(As the dance ends, Florence puts Half-Finished Rose back on the chair)