Pretend That You're Alone

Album: Perfect Symmetry (2008)
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  • We are just the monkeys, who fell out of the trees
    We are blisters on the earth
    We are not the flowers, we're the strangling weeds
    In the meadow

    And love is just our way of looking out for ourselves
    When we don't want to live alone
    So step into the vacuum, tear off your clothes
    And be born again

    Pretend that you're alone now
    And everything's gone
    Just animal reflex
    There's no one looking on
    Forget about fashion
    Forget about the law
    Pretend that you're alone now

    I wonder what I'd do, if I could wake up every morning
    With a clean slate
    I'd burn through the cities, I'd tear through the towns
    'Cos there's no deals to make
    So break out of the cages, the delicate structures
    We cling to all our lives
    'Cos we are just the monkeys, who fell out of the trees
    When we were trying to fly

    Pretend that you're alone now
    And everything's gone
    Just primal desire
    No right and no wrong
    Forget about the future
    Forget about blame
    Pretend that you're alone now
    Pretend that you're alone now

    She's not waiting for tomorrow
    And she has no love in her eyes
    Oh no, I wanna come down right now
    But oh no, I wanna get out right now

    Oh oh!

    Pretend that you're alone now
    And everything's gone
    Just animal reflex
    There's no one looking on
    Forget about religion
    Forget about shame
    Pretend that you're alone now

    No numbers in your phone now
    There's nothing going on
    Just primal desire
    No right and no wrong
    Forget about fashion
    Forget about fame
    Pretend that you're alone now [Repeat: x3]

    Do, do, do, do Writer/s: RICHARD DAVID HUGHES, TIMOTHY JAMES RICE-OXLEY, TOM CHAPLIN
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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