Lyrics Pretend It Isn't There - Charles Esten, Steve Mandile

Pretend It Isn't There

Well, it’s almost been forever
And we been playing it this way
Feeling things we must never
Ever feel, or ever say
It’s so powerful what hovers
Here between us in the air
When you are taken by another
So you pretend it isn’t there
And I feel the toll that it’s taking
Waiting for what you can’t give
Deep inside me something’s breaking
What a lonely way to live
And it’s been there since I found you
All this beauty and despair
But just so I can stay around you
I pretend it isn’t there
And you’re not wanting me
And you’re not haunting me
And it’s not still in me
This thing that’s killing me
And my heart will be fine
And you will be…
Love continues to reward us
With all the pain that we can bear
And though the end is rushing toward us
We pretend it isn’t there