What's up with what's going down In every city, in every town Cramping styles is the plan They've got us in the palm of their big hands When we pretend that we're dead When we pretend that we're dead They can't hear a word we've said When we pretend that we're dead C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon Turn the tables with our unity They're neither moral nor majority Wake up and smell the coffee Or just say no to individuality When we pretend that we're dead (Pretend we're dead) When we pretend that we're dead (Pretend that we're dead) They can't hear a word we've said (Pretend we're dead) When we pretend that we're dead C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon When we pretend that we're dead (Pretend we're dead) When we pretend that we're dead (Pretend that we're dead) They can't hear a word we've said (Pretend we're dead) When we pretend that we're dead Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead)
What's up with what's going down In every city, in every town Cramping styles is the plan They've got us in the palm of their big hands When we pretend that we're dead When we pretend that we're dead They can't hear a word we've said When we pretend that we're dead C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon Turn the tables with our unity They're neither moral nor majority Wake up and smell the coffee Or just say no to individuality When we pretend that we're dead (Pretend we're dead) When we pretend that we're dead (Pretend that we're dead) They can't hear a word we've said (Pretend we're dead) When we pretend that we're dead C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon When we pretend that we're dead (Pretend we're dead) When we pretend that we're dead (Pretend that we're dead) They can't hear a word we've said (Pretend we're dead) When we pretend that we're dead Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead) Dead, (come on come on come on come on) Dead, (pretend we're dead)
A canção foi escrita e cantada por Donita Sparks, que a criou enquanto lidava com um término de relacionamento, começando com a linha "I just pretend that you're dead"
O tema da música evoluiu para uma crítica à apatia da era Reagan/Bush, usando o conceito de "fingir estar morto" como um jogo infantil e uma metáfora para a sobrevivência emocional
Durante as gravações do vídeo musical, houve uma falha em uma guindaste que resultou no ferimento da integrante Suzi Gardner
Os produtores do vídeo clípe foram descritos como autoritários, o que sufocou a visão criativa de Donita Sparks durante o processo de produção
A faixa alcançou a oitava posição na parada Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
"Pretend We're Dead" foi incluída nos videogames Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas e Rock Band 2
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