Art of Pretension

Let's be pretentious

Be something we're not

And we'll jump on the bandwagon

Cause we think it is hot

And we'll shake our no wave asses

it's the thing to do until we can't think or breath

Let's be dramatic

Perceptions for pills

Then we'll buy them with our paychecks so we can't pay our bills

And we'll sleep until tomorrow – I'll be dreaming of you

Oh yeah

Let's be myopic

Elitists and smart

Gently rehash pop nostalgia into biblical art

Preach our genius to the masses til our faces blue

Oh yeah Oh yeah oh yeah

(Chorus)

I want to drive my car into a wall

I want to buy your house just to burn it down

Please, Let me sleep with somebody that I will never trust

Blame the cruel art of pretension for my screw -ups

Let's be neurotic

Our high and our lows

Hire someone who smells famous

To tell all of our woes

They'll dissect us like we're children attending Sunday school

Oh yeah

Let's be eclectic

Won't graze with the pack

You can pierce it with a pin

Tattoo its name on your back

But you'll never be as different as you wanted to be

Oh Yeah OH yeah Oh yeah

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I want to drive my car into a wall

I want to buy your house just to burn it down

Please, Let me sleep with somebody that I will never trust

Blame the cruel art of pretension for my screw -ups

I can't stop dancing

Or running in place

A reflection of my failures

Are lit up in your face

I see friends and I see lovers and my confidants

OH yeah!

We're frustrated liars, idiot savants, comforted by our petty torments and our liquor filled haunts

If we sleep for 3 tomorrows will ...we wake up new?

Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah

(Chorus)

I want to drive my car into a wall

I want to buy your house just to burn it down

And I if I sleep with somebody that I may ever love

Blame the cruel art of pretension for my screw –ups

Blame the cruel art of pretension, I'm so screwed up.