We wrote “Time to Pretend” our senior year of college, and the music was inspired by a praying mantis we had in our house. She laid eggs and it died… Read More [Verse 1]
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Im feelin rough, Im feelin raw, Im in the prime of my life
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Lets make some music, make some money, find some models for wives
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Ill move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars
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You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars
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[Pre-Chorus 1]
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This is our decision, to live fast and die young
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Weve got the vision, now lets have some fun
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Yeah, its overwhelming, but what else can we do?
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Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?
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[Chorus]
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Forget about our mothers and our friends
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Were fated to pretend
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To pretend
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Were fated to pretend
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To pretend
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[Verse 2]
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Ill miss the playgrounds and the animals and diggin up worms
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Ill miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world
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Ill miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home
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Yeah, Ill miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone
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[Pre-Chorus 2]
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But there is really nothing, nothing we can do
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Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew
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The models will have children, well get a divorce
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Well find some more models, everything must run its course
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[Chorus]
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Well choke on our vomit and that will be the end
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We were fated to pretend
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To pretend
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Were fated to pretend
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To pretend
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[Outro]
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I said yeah, yeah, yeah
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Yeah, yeah, yeah
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Yeah, yeah, yeah
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Yeah, yeah, yeah
