On the eisley.com boards someone posted a 5-year-old article in a Christian magazine. The author described "Pretender" as being about religion, which I first thought was stupid but then realized makes sense.
The subject of the song is hiding from a real connection to Jesus/God, remaining passive--not Christian, or just going through the motions of being Christian. "His heart beats for you and you need to run--"she's intimidated by the hugeness of Jesus's love. The speaker is trying to convert her, saying that though she claims to be happy, she knows she really needs to become Christian. Obviously, the "You" at the end is Jesus/God.
On the eisley.com boards someone posted a 5-year-old article in a Christian magazine. The author described "Pretender" as being about religion, which I first thought was stupid but then realized makes sense.
The subject of the song is hiding from a real connection to Jesus/God, remaining passive--not Christian, or just going through the motions of being Christian. "His heart beats for you and you need to run--"she's intimidated by the hugeness of Jesus's love. The speaker is trying to convert her, saying that though she claims to be happy, she knows she really needs to become Christian. Obviously, the "You" at the end is Jesus/God.