Fairytales Tell Tales

Let's pretend we're not needy
Let's pretend our hearts still beat

Let's pretend we fall in love tonight
Clumsy enough to fall for anything

We'll stumble on our words
We'll spill our guts on creaking bar stools

Below the neon blue
Low lives hiding in dives
There's no feeling in drinking, sleeping with strangers
Ghosts passing through bedrooms unaware
A faint reflection on the barback's mirror
A face I never knew whispering

Please don't be a stranger to me
Who are you if you're alone?

You're no good at pretending
All my plays have tragic endings

You wish I was a fairy tale
This frog will never change anything

Just pretend that you're in love
That scolding sun is bound to come up eventually

So who is it that whispers in your ear?
A haunting voice blows in through the window
There's no feeling floating over beds
A needy pleading apparition

Crying, "Who am I if I am alone?
I hardly exist at all"
Let's pretend that we don't need anything anymore from anyone
I don't want to feel anything anymore, let's just pretend

We'll live happily ever after