Pretender Lyrics

Lyric discussion by v8pluver 

Cover art for Pretender lyrics by Miike Snow

It seems like the song's about a guy who's met a woman that's changing him. Because of her, he wants to become better, change his bad habits ("I didn't want to wake up until I felt your touch, now I notice that I drink too much"). For a while, he'd been in a dark place, pretending to be fine when he wasn't ("Spent the morning as a pretender"). But she changed his whole world ("And the turning of the universe oh") and made him realize that he's not okay, but that's okay 'cause he has her ("Will this be the age of surrender? The falling dark it lines the walls, let ours combine").

My Interpretation