Lights - Pretend (Reprise)

~ Lyrics ~

Once in awhile I act like a child to feel like a kid again
It gets like a prison in the body Im living in
Cause everyones watching and quick to start talking, Im losing my innocence
Wish I were a little girl without the weight of the world

CHORUS
It would be nice to start over again
Before we were men
Id give, Id bend, lets play pretend

Remember the times we had soda for wine
And we got by on gratitude
The worst they could do to you was check your attitude
Yeah when fights were for fun, we had water in guns,
And a place we could call our own
How we lost hold of home I guess Ill never know

CHORUS

And when its the end,
Our lives will make sense
Well love, well bend, lets play pretend

Its not going to be long before were all gone with nothing to show for them
Stop taking lives, come on lets all grow up again

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[ripjump]

AM I one of the few guys who likes this song?... It is not just girls who are forced to grow up fast. Guys have it hard too... I am a sophomore in high school and who never has had a girlfriend, never drank, never did drugs, and maintains few friends. But one good thing is that I like trains. When I was 3 I fell in love with trains. Now I am one of the youngest representatives of Indiana Railroad. I grew up, but I still feel like I am a kid... It is great.

[allthoseprettylight1]

I love this song, it really connects with you. There is so much pressure on kids to grow up fast when all we really want to do is be a little kid for as long as possible. There are people I know who have already had sex. They are 13. This makes me really angry when we are almost considered not normal if we aren't all out drinking and doing drugs when we are 13-17 and so on. What's wrong with the world?

[TheMainOtaku]

@JermzzzyFTW Yes thats true you can do more when you grow up But its not all fun and Games you have stress and Bills,Kids,Jobs and Way more! Being a Kid Is fine its much less work :)

[YayYayWoot]

I can honestly say I am growing up at a decent pace. I've wanted to move on at the appropriate times in the appropriate manner. I'm so lucky, because I know how most people are forced into getting older.

[ImThatRandomGrrrl]

@Mysweetstrawberryjam I understand it better now. Thank you.

[Mysweetstrawberryjam]

@ImThatRandomGrrrl Haha, that's funny. :P But in this album 'The Listening', she also has a song with the same name. And there's a line in her lyrics which says, "Can I let my mouth do the listening." Which is the reason I think she doesn't have a mouth. That's the importance of album art.

[ImThatRandomGrrrl]

@TigersPigs4evr Why did I know that someone was going to read waaaay too into my comment? Congrats, it was you! How stupid do you think I am to seriously believe that there is a random singer with no mouth?

[TigersPigs4evr]

@ImThatRandomGrrrl Dude.. Its a cover. Its actually pretty Neat if you ask me. But seriously.. its a cover not actually what she looks like -.-

[ImThatRandomGrrrl]

How can LIGHTS sing when she doesn't have a mouth?

[JermzzzyFTW]

I love LIGHTS and this song but don't really share the sentiment- I'm 16 and can't WAIT to become an adult. Bleaching and dying my hair, getting giant tattoos and piercings, being allowed to buy whatever I want to whenever I want to. Being a kid (or teenager) sucks :I

[anabelleroselia]

@AnonymousInaWay yeahhh, i know exactly what you mean. :) and i think that if lights goes mainstream the music industry will destroy her music and image because of their ideals. I just think that Lights deserves more recognition for her talent because she not only sings but can play instruments and write incredible songs unlike most mainstream female vocalists. and i own light's c.d.s too; i love her sound, its so bright and vivid. :) Lights will last forever in her true fans like us :)

[missburn]

@ripjump Aw <3 I think you're cool.