Well, I'm a species so rare, the human eyes hardly seen   A thin line between divine and killing machine   A dark side of the light that no one ever should see   Oh, I feel for the foolish for fucking with me      There's a war inside me but the water is still   You'll be safer every time assuming it will   Yet to lose my composure, I don't normally do   I just thought that you should know I've been sicker than you      You don't know me, no record can't tell ya   Oh oh, I'm the great pretender   I said you don't know me, no record can't tell ya   Oh oh, I'm the great pretender      You say you want my pain, my own personal pain   A lot of hurt, heartache and hard times, it's hard to explain   I could feel the anger starting to happen again   I'd bust your head and break your brain for five minutes of fame      My heart beats with unconditional love   But beware of the blackness that it's capable of   Oh yeah, oh yeah   You got to travel the road of a troubled soul   I'm tryin' so hard not to lose control   Oh yeah, oh yeah      You don't know me, no record can't tell ya   Oh oh, I'm the great pretender, some great pretender   I said you don't know me, no record can't tell ya   Oh oh, I'm the great pretender, some great pretender      They say, "In life you shouldn't worry   Just got to let the wind blow", hey   You see every day I'm strugglin'   For the strength to let it go, hey      You don't know me   (No record can't tell ya)   You don't know me   I'm tryin' so hard   Said you don't know, oh oh, oh oh   Said you don't know me   No record can't tell ya      I'm the great, I'm the great pretender   I said you don't know me   I'm the great pretender   Said you don't know   No record can't tell ya      Oh oh, I'm the great pretender   I'm the great pretender   You don't know me   No record can't tell ya   Oh oh, I'm the great pretender   I said you don't know me