THE PRETENDER

The sky is dark and full of fear
your distant memories have brought me here
i have nothing left to give of me
being the pretender is all i can be
a smile here a laugh there
dying inside but do you care
they tell their jokes day after day
and i can't go on living this way
I'm a pretender a fake that's all i can be
but people can't see what's really left of me
what's left of me is a worn out soul
and a broken heart that will never be whole
there's nothing left without you now
i became the pretender but i don't know how