Do you wander through this life?
Like a child without a care,
Do you feel the things you love?
Do you see the things you feel?
When the world comes crashing down,
Do you just smile and say,

I am the great pretender, oh yeah
Willing to dream forever,
Oh, I just float away and let waves keep pulling me in,
I'll just take out here and watch the world, pass over my head,
Because I still believe in,
All of the things you say,
Oh-ho, all of the things you say

While you're searching for the truth,
But, all you come across is lies,
Someone sabotaged you're room,
With all the answers in disguise
When the world comes crashing down,
Do you just smile and say,

I am the great pretender, oh yeah,
Willing to dream forever,
Oh, I just float away and let waves keep pulling me in,
I'll just take out here and watch the world, pass over my head
Because I still believe in,
All of the things you say,
Oh-ho, yeah

Why, do I, try,
O-oh, why, do I, try,
Yeah, why, do I, try,

I am the great pretender, oh yeah
Willing to dream forever, oh right now
I say, I am the great,
I am the great
I am the great pretender,
But oh, I just float away and let waves keep pulling me in,
I'll just take out here and watch the world, pass over my head,
Because I still believe in,
All of the things you say,
Yeah, yeah, oh right now
I say, I am the great pretender,
Yeah, you know that,
I am the great pretender,
Yeah, you know what I'm saying,
I still believe in all of the things you say,
Oh-ho, all of the things you say