Lyrics

Pretend
Music & Lyrics by Dodd Michael Lede

They only see you as a girl
Not quite a woman
And not real lady-like
The kind that leaves you in a blur
With childlike demands
And a sexual appetite

If you could see me as I am
You'd be amazed to know
The things that you've been missing out
An extreme chameleon
But just beneath the surface
There is more of me to figure out
And if you dig deeper
You will know what I'm all about

You see me on your TV
That's how I got in your head
Everything that you read
Is something someone else said
If you could see the real me
You might just understand
It's what you want me to be
But I don't have to pretend
I don't have to pretend
I don't have to pretend

I am no stranger to this world
I've been both up and down
The in-between and in and outs
It's when I'm bad you think its good
You try to figure out
What makes me scream and tick and shout
You doll me up like some new toy
You only take me out
Whenever you feel personal
Just like an object to enjoy
You can not comprehend
I'm more than one dimensional
And if you dig deeper
You will know what I'm all about

You see me on your TV
That's how I got in your head
Everything that you read
Is something someone else said
If you could see the real me
You might just understand
It's what you want me to be
But I don't have to pretend
I don't have to pretend
I don't have to pretend