Your silver skin that crawls in rhythm, sweats like spring Returns me to the death wish And all my epiphanies that branded me and broke my knees Confirms me into the death wish Misfits for free, a gravity pure expression tears and Pulls them into the death wish And all our accessories that concentrate the pain and tease Embrace them, with the death wish Are we pretending? Are we pretending? Are we pretending? I like pretending Are we machines, obsolete, alone With symbiotic self indulgence And if we dig deep The circuitry burnt out, bends Into neurotic repetition But your silver skin soothes my aching curses And reminds me that you're worth it The whole world's insanities The bleeding hearts and tragedies Won't distract me from the death wish Are we pretending? Are we pretending? Are we pretending? I like pretending Are we pretending? Are we pretending? Are we pretending? 'Cause I like pretending