Pretender - July Talk

You walk in like Birkin, monologue 'em into the light

A preacher in a playhouse somewhere 'round the corner outside

I heard you’re no first-time offender

You’re no pretender

You got the room in your hand, they never fully understand

All the power you found driftin' through the window outside

No allegiance to legal tender

You don’t keep it on the inside

No shadows in your mind

You seem to drift across that line through the ceiling

You don’t try to define it, simplify and confine it

You’re unphased

Unaffected, unafraid of what you do not know

An altar for energy, we come close to witness it

In order to love her, there’s a target above her

I lean in real close as an informer

What if you’re just a performer?

You hear a whisper, but the bodies follow closely now

You just smile, ask me to take a seat on the stairs

Not the night for another bender

Cannot stray from the center

You could never be broken in the morning light

But as you leave, I start to see

I see what it’s cost you, I miss the imposter

Pretender, pretender, I start to think that I’ve lost you

I’m ashamed that I thought I could define you

Simplify and confine you

I know, I know, darling, I know it’s a shame

We’re all afraid of what we do not know

Scattered debris and you were spinning uncensored

An elegance I remember

Don’t you keep it on the inside

Unphased, unafraid

You’ve been here before