Pretender Lyrics

Pretender, heartbreaker

Names you gave me so that you'd remember

Can't admit it, but I hate this

That every candle we owned burns at both ends

I got you high just to bring you down

Addicted to me just to watch you drown

Cause if you took your shot

You would never stop pounding

If you add the raindrops

You'd never stop counting

I know you can't forget

I never wanted you to

But if I could I'd wish

You'd pretend too

Must I beg you when you feel like dying

To open up your one eye wider when you're driving

And if you got home to find me smiling

I'd hope you know it's just because

I got you high just to bring you down

Addicted to me just to watch you drown

Cause if you took your shot

You would never stop pounding

If you add the raindrops

You'd never stop counting

I know you can't forget

I never wanted you to

But if I could I'd wish

You would pretend

That all of the lies aren't true

That violence ain't black and blue

That not a thing has changed

Mary

Mary

Mary

Cause if you took your shot

You would never stop pounding

If you add the raindrops

You'd never stop counting

I know you can't forget (forget)

I never wanted you to (never wanted you to)

But if I could I'd wish

You'd pretend too

Pretender, heartbreaker

Names you gave me so that you'd remember