Pretenders

You say that I am just a flick of the wrist
By an impressionist artist
I laugh it all out now

Cathartic, my dreams were lucid every night
Until you walked into my life
Let's hear you cry it all out now

I say hello, you shoot a smile on back
I'm covered in your angel arms tonight
And hello to the lovers traced in flames
They were just pretenders compared to us
They were just pretending

You say that I am your iron core
Once melted you crawl back for more
I can't stand it at all now

Magnetic, both negative and push away
Metaphors for you and me
Let's hear you scream it all out now

I say hello, you shoot a smile right back
I'm covered in your angel arms tonight
Hello to the lovers traced in flames
They were just pretenders compared to us
They were all pretending

Never met a light much like you
Never met a love much like you

You say that I am wrapped in stretch plastic
So clear with bones of elastic
I take it all in now

Colliding, our bodies crash together
If your eyes weren't so weathered
I'd take you with me now

I say hello, you shoot your smile on back
Covered in your angel arms tonight
Hello to the lovers traced in flames
They were just pretenders compared to us
They were all pretenders