We were both young when I first saw you, you gave me bread when I needed it most, stomach was bare, from the ground I caught your knowing stare.
Muscles tight as she calls out the boy’s name, See you make your way to the stage and shake my hand, didn’t understand.
That you’d been watching me, you’d been wanting to meet, But then the Hunger Games came and our fate was set, and I was yelling in my head, why’s he gotta be the boy I owe!
But I know… Peeta’s playing games, he doesn’t really love me so, I need to hate him, why can’t I just let it go? The star-crossed lovers, Peeta and Katniss, not a love story, I need to get serious.
So I pretend in the arena I love you, hope they buy it, Cuz we’re dead if they don’t, I close my eyes, and I kiss Peeta for the first time.
Say you’d been watching me, you’d been wanting to meet, And if you hadn’t been picked, we’d never have met, And now I’m yelling in my head, how will I kill a boy I know?
I tell myself… Peeta’s playing games, he doesn’t really love me so, I need to hate him, why can’t I just let it go? The star-crossed lovers, Peeta and Katniss. Not a love story, I need to get serious.
He’s trying to save me, I’m not sure how that makes me feel, This love is difficult, but is it real? Play the charade, and we’ll make it out of this mess. Not a love story, Peeta I confess.
Every day you’re waiting, wondering if my heart’s ever coming around, Our friendship slowly, fading, Can’t he see that in the Games I was bound?
Now I know… There were no tricks, Peeta Mellark really loved me so, I can’t hate him; dread the moment I let go, The star-crossed lovers, Peeta and Katniss. Loved by the Capitol, fury in the districts! Marry him Katniss, you never will be left alone, I must love you, or we’ll face the wrath of Snow. I talked to him, we’re voting on a wedding dress, Not a love story, I’m forced to say…yes.