the great pretender
I was the great pretender

while you were in a fight

nothing really happened

I just had a dream one night

I dreamt somebody

dragged me to the door

and said You must go out now, see the town

before you get bored


I had Mona Lisa pictures on the wall

your lips bit just like poison

or was it my cigar?

I put a top-hat on my head

prepared myself to meet the dead

then I moved

to the other side of town


And there I built a house

of all the promises we made

It was there I saw you march

in some ridiculous parade

now both my hands are tied

I stay up late every night

I am waiting for the sun to shine through


Im waiting in the darkness

with a torch in my hand

for you must see the fire

when your boat comes into land

I would love to see you smile that way again

and I wish that all these thunderclouds

will crack and the rain

will stop...


I was the great pretender

while you were in a fight

nothing really happened

I just had a dream one night...