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Pretending Lyrics by Gates (NJ)

Here and Now

2021

I made promises not worth keeping
Spoke in lies that I don’t believe in
Then when there was nothing left to say
I would go on anyway

Loaned my love to a common thief and
Made my peace with the wrong diseases
Wondering like a wide-eyed memory
Why I still can’t walk away

Left to think in a foreign accent
Stolen words and adopted habits
All the pains that were never even mine
So I could imagine your life
Lеad to light that had long been dying
I don’t know why I even tried whеn
All along it would never cross my mind
That I was pretending you were right

Buried deep like a darkest secret
Covered up till I couldn’t see it
When there was no place left that I could hide
I’d erase and overwrite

Brought along on a borrowed errand
Out for blood in an aisle left barren
But there was nothing left for me to find
That was even worth my time

Left to think in a foreign accent
Stolen words and adopted habits
All the pains that were never even mine
So I could imagine your life
Lead to light that had long been dying
I don’t know why I even tried when
All along it would never cross my mind
That I was pretending you were right
Pretending you were right

So why die when it’s not my sword to fall on?
And why try when I’m right where I belong?

I made promises not worth keeping
Spoke in lies that I don’t believe in
All the pain that was never even mine
So I could imagine a life
Born of blood and devoid of meaning
All the things I could never be
With all the love left leading on the lie

I’ve resigned, 'cause I'm right where I belong
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Gates (NJ)

Gates (NJ)

About “Pretending” by Gates (NJ)

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"Pretending" is credited to Gates (NJ). Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Pretending" appears on "Here and Now" in 2021.

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