The Pretender

Keep you in the dark You know they all pretend Keep you in the dark And so it all began Send in your skeletons Sing as their bones come marching in again They need you buried deep The secrets that you keep are ever ready Are you ready? I'm finished making sense Done pleading ignorance That whole defense Spinning infinity, boy The wheel is spinning me It's never-ending, never-ending Same old story What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays You're the pretender What if I say that I will never surrender? What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays You're the pretender What if I say that I will never surrender? In time or so I'm told I'm just another soul for sale Oh, well The page is out of print We are not permanent We're temporary, temporary Same old story What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays You're the pretender What if I say that I will never surrender? What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays You're the pretender What if I say that I will never surrender? I'm the voice inside your head You refuse to hear I'm the face that you have to face Mirrored in your stare I'm what's left, I'm what's right I'm the enemy I'm the hand that'll take you down Bring you to your knees So who are you? Yeah, who are you? Yeah, who are you? Yeah, who are you? Yeah, who are you? Yeah, who are you? Yeah, who are you? Yeah, who are you? What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays You're the pretender What if I say that I will never surrender? What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays You're the pretender Keep you in the Keep you in the dark You know they all pretend Keep you in the dark And so it all began