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The Pretender Lyrics
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 at the 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 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'll never surrender? In time our soul untold 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'll 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 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 will take you down Bring you to your knees So who are you? Yeah, who are you? Yeah, who are you? Yeah, who are you? Keep you in the dark You know they all pretend 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'll 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'll never surrender? What if I say I'm not like the others? (Keep you in the dark) What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays (You know they all... pretend) You're the pretender What if I say I will never surrender? What if I say I'm not like the others? (Keep you in the dark) What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays (You know they all... pretend) You're the pretender What if I say I will never surrender? So who are you? Yeah, who are you? Yeah, who are you? |
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08-03-2007
09-18-2009
I could go on, but I just got called into work... basically I think the whole song is about me, or possibly all of the people like me in the world. Dave's into drugs and drinking like I was, so maybe there are some similarities, some shared thoughts or visions, etc. I also think that "Icky Thump" by the White Stripes is their prediction of how I will die - standing up with a gun in my mouth, pull the trigger, someone says "icky," and then my body "thumps" onto the ground.
I know, I know, you all wish you could have these lovely thoughts like me.
Just say NO!
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08-05-2007
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08-08-2007
"I'm the voice inside your head
You refuse to hear"
This speaks to the state of denial that the President has been living in about the war.
"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"
This also speaks to the dissent that people have been voicing over the past 4 or five years, and that they've been beaten back time and time again because of it.
"I'm what's left
I'm what's right
I'm the enemy
I'm the hand that took you down"
I'm what's left-liberals
I'm what's right-conservatives
I'm the enemy-anyone who doesn't agree with the President's doctrince/rules/policies
I'm the hand that took you down/Brought you to your knees-these two lines may refer to the 2006 election, where the Democrats retook both houses of Congress, and literally brought the President to his knees.
08-19-2009
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08-10-2007
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08-11-2007
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08-13-2007
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08-13-2007
Can't wait to hear the rest of Echoes
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08-13-2007
I think... could be way off, but I think maybe he's in love with a girl, and he's telling he's the one for her, even though she keeps going for other guys.
Or that all these other guys say they're in love with her, but they're not. When he says it - he's not pretending. And he's not giving up. Good man!
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08-14-2007
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08-15-2007
seems as though hes trying to express that the president doesnt care about the individuals (calling them "skeletons")
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08-15-2007
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08-18-2007
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08-18-2007
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08-18-2007
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08-19-2007
In aspect;
Send in your skeletons
Sing as their bones come marching in, again
The need you buried deep
The secrets that you keep are ever-ready
Are you ready?
I'm finished making sense
Done bleeding ignorance at your defense
Spinning and (?) it deeper
The wheel is spinning me
It's never-ending, never-ending
Same old story
It means he has been more than one person before a poor man, bastard, etc. He keeps ignoring the fact that he was once one of those he despises.
Also;
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 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 I will never surrender
His servant is expressing the fact that he hates the person of autthority, and he is challenging him.
In terms;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 took you down
Bring you to your knees
means I used to be your best and I followed you up until this point and now I've become your only living friend until this point.
And in the final words he is adressing that the person of higher authority has no right to judge or put other to the test, because not only was he one of them he speak down upon himsel when he speaks of lower class people like that , explaining the "WHO ARE YOU?" part
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08-23-2007
Maybe you'll get my point if you read the lyrics.
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08-24-2007
All those who wear a mask daily, and who keep secrets.("Skeletons" in their closets.) It seems he has grown tired of this giant farce and instead of buckling and giving into it all, he has decided to double his efforts internally and remain true to himself, and to call out the rest of the worlds BS.
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08-25-2007
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08-25-2007
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08-25-2007
good vid as well.
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08-25-2007
i want the new album soon.
this song's amazing.
instead of the whole "couple" interpretation up there, i think it's more against the President, too. or maybe not even the President but...just...it doesn't sound like a couple-breakingup sorta thing.
oh well.
P+L.
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08-25-2007
Beautiful. And MOVING.
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08-30-2007
Just a theory our radio stations own.
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08-31-2007
"I'm the voice inside your head
You refuse to hear"
"Keep you in the dark
You know they all pretend"
"Done bleeding ignorance
in your defense"
I think it's partially about how naive we've been, and also partially how stupid our government has been. It's kind of a "we're sick of this bullshit" sorta song. Aimed a lot at the government and the establishment. If you watch the music video it makes sense, there's a line of police/soldier-type figures armed with masks and suits with numbers, in the end the red backdrop explodes onto them. It's pretty damn sweet if you ask me.
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08-31-2007
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