Pretend u don't know me

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Rode the last train past your station

Watched the skyline pull away

Bought a drink I didn't finish

Left it sweating on the tray

You always said my laugh was careless

Guess I practiced being cold

Turned our picture to the wall now

Wrapped my hands around the phone

Pre-Chorus

And I don't need to know

Who you're walking home tonight

I don't need to hear

How you're doing fine

Chorus

So pretend you don't know me

Like we never shared a room

Like you never called me baby

Like we never learned the tune

And I'll pretend I'm not breaking

While the tape keeps running slow

You can walk on past my table

But my eyes still want to know

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Pretend, pretend

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Pretend, pretend

Verse 2

Found a jacket in the closet

Smelled like smoke and cheap perfume

Told myself I'd throw it out

Kept it hanging in the gloom

Every corner of this city

Holds a version of your face

And the weather turned so quickly

Like you left without a trace

Pre-Chorus

And I don't want to know

If you ever think of me

I don't want to ask

What we could have been

Chorus

So pretend you don't know me

Like we never shared a room

Like you never called me baby

Like we never learned the tune

And I'll pretend I'm not breaking

While the tape keeps running slow

You can walk on past my table

But my eyes still want to know

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Pretend, pretend

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Pretend, pretend

Bridge

Maybe I held on too tightly

Maybe we were fireworks and rain

If I could erase the night we met

Would I lose the one thing that remains

Breakdown

Don't come near me

Don't say sorry

Don't remind me

That you knew me

Chorus

So pretend you don't know me

Let the whole town think we're strangers

We were golden, we were glowing

Now we're just two passing strangers

And I'll pretend I'm not lonely

Though the quiet is too loud

You can leave without a warning

But I still feel you somehow

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Pretend, pretend

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Pretend, pretend