The Great Pretender Lyrics
Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh)
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell
Adrift in a world of my own (ooh ooh)
I play the game but to my real shame
You've left me to dream all alone
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh)
I seem to be what I'm not (you see)
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh)
I seem to be what I'm not you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're
Pretending that you're still around
The great pretender was orginally sung by The Platters in the '50s. My Grandma told me about it.
oh no,i don't want to believe i am the first to comment on this song....this song means that you may want to seem otherwise,but there are so many people out there who do the same so you simply know that it is all about masks-be it in love or sth else. in a more shallow interpretation,it means that you can not hide your heartache,you can only make it wear like a clown.hm.you may also be proud of your heart.(wearing it like a crown)or you are just making fun of you first so that no one else can hurt you this way. anyway,magnificent song.
This wasn't a Queen song exactly, the was Freddie Mercury solo. Damn good song though!
twas all about him goin thro his life pretendin. thas it really lol xxxxxxxxxxx
The great pretender was orginally sung by The Platters in the '50s. My Grandma told me about it.
Yes is by platters
i thought the original was by roy orbison
oops nvm it was the platters i just checked it out
my favorite cover of this song is by the righteous brothers but it's kinda hard to find
Sweet Jeebus, this song is godlike. Just proves that Freddie & co were able to do anything (though this one he recorded on his own). I know Freddie had his own feelings and meaning with this song but I can identify myself too well from the lyrics.