River Drive - Pretentious Games Lyrics

Well it's hard for me to explain,
Cause I haven't quite got the intellect
And it's driving me insane,
Because the words come in reach but then I forget
So I hold onto this self hatred that fuels me so well,
Anger is an energy
Sink a few voddy lime and lemonades,
And chew your ear off about some of my past mistakes
(So listen up, listen up, listen up mate
So listen up, listen up, listen up mate)
I walked through the entry,
To a sea of scattered heads and a vacant dance-floor
My eyes they got stuck on her,
Like how my feet got stuck to the sticky floor
But I act like I hadn't seen her,
I act like I've never even met her in my life before
I'll protect my pride rather than just try,
Cause i'm too overly insecure
I'm the heavy weight champion,
Of contradiction
(He chats shit all the time,
Bottles it up with jokes and lies)
On top of that, i've got a black belt,
In being cynical
(He never seems to act his age,
Cuts his nose off just to spite his face)
And I know that we're all players,
Just pretending
(And it's a game!)
So choose ignorance once more,
Start acting up and play it cool
And I know we're all the same,
Sick of these pretentious games
Cough up the confidence to talk,
Maybe after three or four
And we'll go home lonesome again,
Sick of these pretentious games
Play the game, play the game
Play the game, play the game
Play the game, play the game
And even though this game is true,
I guess it didn't apply with me and you
Dead messages I left on read,
She lived rent free in my head
She let me down easy i'm not gonna lie,
At least i'm self aware enough to know that I got pied
But that's not what i'll tell my mates,
I'm an alpha male and i'll overcompensate
I'm the heavy weight champion,
Of contradiction
(He chats shit all the time,
Bottles it up with jokes and lies)
As a matter of fact, i've got a black belt,
In being cynical
(He never seems to act his age,
Cuts his nose off just to spite his face)
And I can see lots of bad actors,
Just pretending
(Checkmate!)
So choose ignorance once more,
Start acting up and play it cool
And I know we're all the same,
Sick of these pretentious games
Cough up the confidence to talk,
Maybe after three or four
And we'll go home lonesome again,
Sick of these pretentious games
Play the game, play the game
Play the game, play the game
Play the game, play the game