MGMT - Time to Pretend (MTV live)

MGMT performing Time to Pretend off their album 'Oracular Spectacular'.

I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw, I'm in the prime of my life.
Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives.
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin, and fuck with the stars.
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.

This is our decision, to live fast and die young.
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun.
Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do.
Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute.

Forget about our mothers and our friends
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend

I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world
I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home
Yeah, I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone.

There's really nothing, nothing we can do
Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew.
The models will have children, we'll get a divorce
We'll find some more models, everything must run it's course.

We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end
We were fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

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[Zlatolin90]

I love the melody, but don't like the lyrics, too much drugs involved. And they really sing crappy here. But the intro is amazing.

[amaaani1]

@Zlatolin90 too much drugs? This song isn't about drugs, they're just mocking the rockstar life, stereotyping rockstars as heroine shooting star fucking people.

[XAngelKlarityX]

the MTV crowd is crap....they dont dance or anything

how could they not enjoy MGMT???!!!

this has to be one of their best performances!!! love it!!!!

[gawdlyz]

@XAngelKlarityX i think it's about respecting the artist, and watching the performance respectfully, similar to what happens overseas in places like Amsterdam and Madrid

[obamacka2008]

still listen to it in the year 2012 =D

[WildeVerfolgungsjagt]

fette version :D

gefällt mir :D

[The808Prophet]

@icuiidan wtf they really sound like that now?

[beakman10]

@icuiidan you don't hear from them anymore because they are recording, plus this is from almost three years ago. i think this version is amazing

[icuiidan]

I truly love this band.... but, this version is crap, and they clearly have destroyed their vocal chords... It's no wonder you don't really hear much from them anymore... a shame... they were brilliant.

[tiesje93]

@zoso521 okay