The Pretender Lyrics

Lyric discussion by joggernaught 

Cover art for The Pretender lyrics by Foo Fighters

I think this song can have a wide meaning it's mostly about fakers or disingenuous people, but then a very specific person too. Possibly a wife or lover. liars always keep people in the dark, they spin webs of lies that never end. then specifically about this one person,they dig up skeletons in arguments as a use them as a distraction. this person uses people and manipulates them. Dave wasn't gonna a have none of it. and he lets this person know that their relationship isn't written in stone, it's not even finished and it's not in print, he doesn't have to sit and wait to be a puppet. then finally his biggest challenge of the song is to find out who this person is. "who are you, yeah who are you?" comes as both a question to and a challenge from the pretender. I know who I am, who are you?

@joggernaught Perfect, that is also what I think as well. Be it a man or a woman who is kept in the dark.

It's weird that Dave Grohl would write lyrics about that being that he looks like a pretty fake person to me in general. Always with that smile on the face, getting close, always lurking closeby, creeping. These kinds of people scare the crap out of me. Predators. Where has Dave Grohl been during this "scamdemic" out there? Living in a bubble isolated from the real world of the streets like most of the "artists" and "celebrities" out there. Scam artist don't fool me.