If I had known then what I know now, I'd be a Sgt Major in the Legion Estranger. Music isn't much different, the settings are a little rougher. But the battles are more fair and you just live or die, without giving a house to a person that hates you.
/johnny
If you changed “pretender” to “sequester” it works just as well
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Oh-oh, yes I’m the great pretender
Pretending that I’m doing well
My need is such I pretend too much
I’m lonely but no one can tell
Oh-oh, yes I’m the great pretender
Adrift in a world of my own
I’ve played the game but to my real shame
You’ve left me to grieve all alone
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can’t conceal
Yes I’m the great pretender
Just laughin’ and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I’m not, you see
I’m wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you’re still around