Pretend To Cry

by The Secret Experiment

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The mirror showed you standing there
Left alone on the empty road
I didn’t want to say goodbye
My eyes afraid to meet your own

Through the night I drove so long
Repeating lines I should have said
With heavy eyes I saw the dawn
Glad to see the light alone

I never wanted anything as much as you
I’m torn apart, a broken shell as you pretend to cry
I never felt the way I did until the night I saw the truth
I’m torn apart, a broken shell as you pretend to cry

Your shifting shape, your boneless flesh
Soon it grew beneath my skin
My heart was weak to hidden barbs
Too late I felt the tearing pain

In blackest ink I lost my sight
Blind and weak I had become
Surrounded by your tentacles
And gathered towards my doom

I never wanted anything as much as you
I’m torn apart, a broken shell as you pretend to cry
I never felt the way I did until the night I saw the truth
I’m torn apart, a broken shell as you pretend to cry

Oh the sweet air
An aura of addictive light
An angel filled my sight
A demon hiding
I can only die one time
Can only lose the game
When all my cards have been destroyed
I’ve nothing left to play

I never wanted anything as much as you
I’m torn apart, a broken shell as you pretend to cry
I never felt the way I did until the night I saw the truth
I’m torn apart, a broken shell as you pretend to cry

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released December 31, 2023
Written and performed by Lea Torn.
Cover photograph Marina Pechnikova

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