Pretense

I wrote a song about your voice
And how it's shaking all of my bones
What started as a whisper
Is now an echo in my thoughts
But you were comfortable and quiet
Like how it feels after it snows
But your body burned me up like
The pavement in mid-July

[Chorus]
And now there's nothing in between
But a blank page and slow burn
It should be keeping you from me
And does it bother you at all
I found where you keep your secrets
Hidden in your frame
Guarded by a pretense
I couldn't shake you off
Right from the start, you had me in your fingers
And I was torn apart by how simple it was
For you to just consume me

I wrote a song about your scars
And how I'd take them all away
But you got scared of what it meant
And I lost track of your melody
I hear you're talking in your sleep love
It isn't about me
I'm probably just a bad dream now
You can't shut out

[Chorus]
And now there's nothing in between
But a blank page and slow burn
It should be keeping you from me
And does it bother you at all
I found where you keep your secrets
Hidden in your frame
Guarded by a pretense
I couldn't shake you off
Right from the start, you had me in your fingers
And I was torn apart by how simple it was
For you to just consume me

And does it bother you at all
I found where you keep your secrets
Hidden in your frame
Guarded by a pretense
I couldn't shake you off
Right from the start, you had me in your fingers
And I was torn apart by how simple it was
For you to just consume me