Pretender

You walk in like Birkin, monologue 'em into the light A preacher in a playhouse somewhere 'round the corner outside I heard you're no first-time offender You're no pretender You got the room in your hand, they never fully understand All the power you found driftin' through the window outside No allegiance to legal tender You don't keep it on the inside No shadows in your mind You seem to drift across that line through the ceiling You don't try to define it, simplify and confine it You're unphased Unaffected, unafraid of what you do not know An altar for energy, we come close to witness it In order to love her, there's a target above her I lean in real close as an informer What if you're just a performer? You hear a whisper, but the bodies follow closely now You just smile, ask me to take a seat on the stairs Not the night for another bender Cannot stray from the center You could never be broken in the morning light But as you leave, I start to see I see what it's cost you, I miss the imposter Pretender, pretender, I start to think that I've lost you I'm ashamed that I thought I could define you Simplify and confine you I know, I know, darling, I know it's a shame We're all afraid of what we do not know Scattered debris and you were spinning uncensored An elegance I remember Don't you keep it on the inside Unphased, unafraid You've been here before