Sometimes I wish that we could all forget
Your figure fades into a silhouette
But I hear you breathing
I'm done believing

We're painting portraits but the canvas is blank
If this life is a gift then who do we pay?
You're desperate for the answer
It eats at you like cancer

Tonight won't ever end can we pretend, pretend, pretend
We'll paint the walls instead and I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again

Your head is filled with unproven thoughts
Twisting theories into bigger knots
And I feel you dreaming, you're done believing

(chorus)
Ooh, pretend, pretend, pretend
I'll pretend, pretend, pretend
We'll paint the walls instead, and I'll pretend, pretend, pretend

I wanted to know you
Though I still don't know myself
But there's so much to show you
And you showed me that you care

Tonight won't ever end if we pretend, pretend, pretend
I don't want this to end so I'll pretend, pretend, pretend instead
Ooh, pretend, pretend, pretend
No, tonight will never end if we pretend, pretend, pretend

Let's turn it up
Let's turn it up cause I don't want to see this go
So let's pretend, pretend, pretend instead