Techno Ted may be a person who caused Chris incredible emotional pain & trepidation as well as moments of peace & happiness but now is removed and awaiting his fate. Darling may be a different person who is also free of him and can live her life free of Ted's tyranny. "In between all the laughing, and daydreams ... lies: a desert of truth" Lies are like a desert or the omission of Truth: Where there were Lies then Truth was absent. The song, "Techno Ted", may be a cathartic celebration of the downfall of this person.
If you really gotta know, I'm not doing so good.
turned out to hurt more then I thought it would.
cuz i just can't handle losing you again
but the last thing i want is to just be friends
we've been through the same thing time and time again
Let's pretend.
(Let's pretend everythings fine)
put on our fake smiles and keep wasting our time
Let's pretend we're fine
Go out in style and come home in denile
let's pretend we're fine
If you really gotta kno, I'm not doing so good.
It hurt me way more then I thought it could.
Cuz I just can't handle losing you again
but the last thing i want is to just be friends
we've been through the same thing time and time again
Let's pretend.
(Let's pretend everythings fine)
put on our fake smiles and keep wasting our time
Let's pretend we're fine
Go out in style and come home in denile
let's pretend we're fine
lie to ourselves
lie to everyone else
take anymore of this make believe romance
is killing my make believe mind
(its killing my make believe mind)
but i rather pretend we're together
then know we're apart
Let's pretend.
(Let's pretend everythings fine)
put on our fake smiles and keep wasting our time
Let's pretend we're fine
Go out in style and come home in denile
let's pretend we're fine
turned out to hurt more then I thought it would.
cuz i just can't handle losing you again
but the last thing i want is to just be friends
we've been through the same thing time and time again
Let's pretend.
(Let's pretend everythings fine)
put on our fake smiles and keep wasting our time
Let's pretend we're fine
Go out in style and come home in denile
let's pretend we're fine
If you really gotta kno, I'm not doing so good.
It hurt me way more then I thought it could.
Cuz I just can't handle losing you again
but the last thing i want is to just be friends
we've been through the same thing time and time again
Let's pretend.
(Let's pretend everythings fine)
put on our fake smiles and keep wasting our time
Let's pretend we're fine
Go out in style and come home in denile
let's pretend we're fine
lie to ourselves
lie to everyone else
take anymore of this make believe romance
is killing my make believe mind
(its killing my make believe mind)
but i rather pretend we're together
then know we're apart
Let's pretend.
(Let's pretend everythings fine)
put on our fake smiles and keep wasting our time
Let's pretend we're fine
Go out in style and come home in denile
let's pretend we're fine
Lyrics submitted by Ethan Bartier
Let's Pretend Lyrics as written by Tom Higgenson
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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this song is about a couple who are on and off ("Cause I just can't handle losing you again, but the last thing I want is to just be friends, We've been through the same thing time and time again") and the guy wants to stay together however the breakups with the girl are taking a large pyschological toll on him ("If you really gotta know, I'm not doing so good. It hurt me way more then I thought it could.")
thank you Ethan Bartier for explaining and good explination and i got nothings else...or maybe not an on and off couple but two friends dealing with arguments...or two friends that wanna start a relationship but they have alreday and then it wa sjust weird so one said that they should just be friends instead but he doesnt wanna be just friends...or 2 people were having a secret relationship and then one doenst wanna keep it secret anymore cause its to hard and yeah...well i think that ive confused myself enough so yeah...LUV THIS SONG :D peace
wonderful song.
"If you really gotta know, I'm not doing so good, Turned out to hurt more then I thought it would."
great line.
geese this song like perfectly explains the relationship I'm in right now. To me it's like 2 people who broke up but neither one really wanted to. "If you really gotta no im not doin so good, hurt me way more than i thought it would" is obviously about the initial break up. Then he says he just wants to pretend it's fine and pretend they're together when they both know they really aren't. "put on our fake smiles and keep wastin our time" is them pretending they're happy with the place they're in when really it's all fake. "Go out in style and come home in denial" is about how they would go out and see eachother and every time think they'd have a great time together and find out that they don't think it could happen. Then every time they'd make up and pretend it never happened. "i can't take any more of this make beleive romance it's killing my make beleive heart" is that they're pretending together and he just can't take it anymore. But he thinks it's better to act like they're together than to know that it isn't working. Great song. I think this is the best of the songs by Plain White T's.
i love this song! and greek rocks!
LETS PRETEND.
LETS PRETEND.
I love the lines,
I can't take anymore of this make believe romance it's killing my make believe heart it's killing my make believe heart but i rather pretend we're together then know we're apart
and it is heart not mind.
if you ask me it's about two people who broke up and got back together, but it was just strange so he wants to pretend everything's fine but really she wants to just end it and he can't really handle it because he feels like if they pretended just a little longer, it might become real again. he doesn't want to go through the pain of breaking up again because they both know what it's like and neither of them liked it but it takes a while to be able to go at a relationship again.
is it just me or are the vocals kind of crappy? I know it's only a demo version, but still. The chorus kind of makes me want to cringe, especailly when he tries to hit the high notes :(