“Sometimes I pretend I'm from the 19th century. Then I drive around and say, Wow! So this is what the future's like, huh?”
“I'm a 21st-century kid trapped in a 19th-century family.”
“Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what they would do.”
“I didn’t know what I was supposed to say about that, so I just said, "Wow”
“The PretenderKeep you in the dark you know they all pretendKeep you in the dark and so it all beganSend in your skeletonsSing as their bones come marching in againThe need you buried deepThe secrets that you keep are at the ready, are you ready?I'm finished making senseDone pleading ignorance that whole defenseSpinning infinity, but the wheel is spinning meIt's never ending, never endingSame old storyWhat if I say I'm not like the othersWhat if I say I'm not just another one of your playsYou're the pretenderWhat if I say I will never surrenderWhat if I say I'm not like the othersWhat if I say I'm not just another one of your playsYou're the pretenderWhat if I say that I'll never surrenderIn time or so I'm toldI'm just another soul for sale, oh wellThe page is out of printWe are not permanent, we're temporary, temporarySame old storyWhat if I say I'm not like the othersWhat if I say I'm not just another one of your playsYou're the pretenderWhat if I say that I'll never surrenderWhat if I say I'm not like the othersWhat if I say I'm not just another one of your playsYou're the pretenderWhat if I say I will never surrenderI'm the voice inside your head, you refuse to hearI'm the face that you have to face, mirrored in your stareI'm what's left, I'm what's right, I'm the enemyI'm the hand that'll take you down, bring you to your kneesSo, who are you?Yeah, who are you?Yeah, who are you?Yeah, who are you?Keep you in the dark you know they all pretendWhat if I say I'm not like the othersWhat if I say I'm not just another one of your playsYou're the pretenderWhat if I say I will never surrenderWhat if I say I'm not like the othersWhat if I say I'm not just another one of your playsYou're the pretenderWhat if I say that I'll never surrenderWhat 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)You're the pretender(Pretend)What if I say I will never surrenderWhat 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)You're the pretender(Pretend)What if I say I will never surrenderSo who are youYeah who are youYeah who are you!”
“Sometimes,well,all the time,I can't think of what to say because I'm so dumb and stuff,and then maybe I think of it like five days later.”