Three Pretenders

Three pretenders forced their entry

There wasn't time to defend or attack

Somewhere inside I held their fury

But one by one my defenses began to crack

The first became a voice from my childhood

Without a world to call his own

Asking questions but doubting the answers

And too confused to stand up and face it alone

I can feel my body tremble

Like an animal under the gun

Can you feel your body tremble?

Look in and see the eyes of three pretenders, three pretenders

The second came a shadowy hustler

Selling anything not nailed to the ground

He put a price on my resistance

And if it's high, I know he'll be marking it down

The third became a mysterious traveler

Stormy words like sea-weathered sails

His life was scarred with peaks and valleys

A haunted kingdom crumbling against the gales

I can feel my body tremble

Like an animal under the gun

Can you feel your body tremble?

Look in and see the eyes of three pretenders

I can feel my body tremble

Like an animal under the gun

Can you feel your body tremble?

Look in and see the eyes of three pretenders

I can feel my body tremble

Like a child afraid of the dark

Can you feel your body tremble?

Look in and see the eyes of three pretenders, three pretenders