[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Velvet words and a borrowed guitar,
A vintage pose under neon stars.
Croon in French though you never learned,
A plastic crown that the critics spurn.
[Chorus]
Oh, pretensioso, dance in the shallow light,
Jangle riffs to sound profound tonight.
New wave synths for a hollow creed,
We’re all too cool to admit we bleed.
[Verse 2]
Sip espresso with a paperback Kierkegaard,
Name-drop bands that you heard in the dark.
Leather boots click on subway tiles,
A manifesto scribed in denial.
[Chorus]
Oh, pretensioso, dance in the shallow light,
Jangle riffs to sound profound tonight.
New wave synths for a hollow creed,
We’re all too cool to admit we bleed.
[Bridge]
Mirror poses crack in the afterglow,
The underground’s a trend we outgrow.
Fake a laugh, quote a Bowie line,
The irony’s thick, but the truth’s too kind.
[Chorus]
Oh, pretensioso, dance in the shallow light,
Jangle riffs to sound profound tonight.
New wave synths for a hollow creed,
We’re all too cool to admit we bleed.
[Outro]
