This is my entry for Orla Gartland's Pretending (re:imagined) competition! Guitar or no guitar, I'm just happy to make my own version of this song. Rewrote some parts to match the scene in my head as I listened to the original (and because I don't put on smoky brown eyeshadow).
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I saw the face in the mirror
Lighting up a cigarette
Smoke in my eyes as I'm
Scrolling all the pages of the internet

They said "How the hell have you been, babe?
Put your coat on the bed
Let me get you a cup
Sip it up up right to your head

All the people over there
They don't seem to have a care
I'm so mad and self-aware
It's exhausting

And no matter how I try
I repeat it every night every night every night every night

I'm done pretending, pretending
Done pretending
All of my heroes are way more sad than me

Am I the only one pretending
Pretending
Done pretending
Who are you so afraid to be to be to be to be to be?

I lied about liking your dress
I lied about sticking around
I lied about liking the band you talked and talked all night about

So take it up with the jury
'Cause I don't care anymore
And if you listen real close you just might hear the penny drop on the floor

(Leave me alone)

All the people over there
They don't seem to have a care
I'm so sad and self-aware
It's exhausting

And no matter how I try
I repeat it every night every night every night every night

I'm done pretending, pretending
Done pretending
All of my heroes are way more sad than me

Am I the only one pretending
Pretending
Done pretending
Who are you so afraid to be to be to be to be to be?
Who am I so afraid to be to be to be to be to be?
Who are we so afraid to be to be to be to be to be?
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original song by orla gartland (check it out here! [ Ссылка ])
recorded, mixed, and mastered by benny manaligod (@bennymanaligod)
art by fumi paderes (@dapaimuf)
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