Mirror of Pretension

[Intro] [Bright jangly guitars, crisp drum b**t, subtle synth pad] [Verse 1] I sip my espresso black, imported beans you lack Discussing Proust on Tuesday nights, beneath the halogen light My vintage coat's authentic, yours is just pathetic A thrift store find, a common kind, it hurts my aesthetic I quote from Baudelaire, with an effortless savoir-faire While you just stare, beyond compare, in your unaware despair [Chorus] Oh, look at me, so effortlessly deep Secrets that I keep are far too complex for you to reap My taste is so refined, it leaves you far behind In my mirror of pretension, what reflection will you find? (Jangly guitar riff, driving bassline) [Verse 2] I only watch the films that no one else has ever seen With subtitles obscene, in shades of blue and green My playlist is eclectic, avant-garde, magnetic While your Top 40 playlist is frankly just pathetic I dissect the mundane, find the beauty in the pain You call it vain, a pointless game, driving you insane [Chorus] Oh, look at me, so effortlessly deep Secrets that I keep are far too complex for you to reap My taste is so refined, it leaves you far behind In my mirror of pretension, what reflection will you find? (Synth melody intertwines with guitar) [Bridge] [Synth arpeggio builds, tempo slightly shifts] Is it all just a pose? A carefully chosen set of clothes? A shield nobody knows? Where the true feeling goes? But the posture feels so right, bathed in artificial light Maybe depth is just the height of pretending day and night... [Drums drop out briefly, synth swell] [Verse 3] My lexicon's extensive, bordering on offensive To minds less comprehensive, lacking the defensive Against my verbal art, designed to tear apart Your simple, earnest heart, right from the very start I analyze your gaze, lost in my intellectual maze Lost in my own haze, lost in my own ways... [Chorus] Oh, look at me, so effortlessly deep Secrets that I keep are far too complex for you to reap My taste is so refined, it leaves you far behind In my mirror of pretension, what reflection will you find? (Full band intensity, layered vocals) [Outro] [Chorus melody fades, jangle guitar continues, synth pads swell and then slowly recede, drum b**t simplifies and fades out]