Playing Pretend - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Played in the dirt

Embraced every quirk

Always getting hurt

And we did not want to eat lunch before dessert

The messiest hair

Life without a care

Say your little prayers before you wake up again and everything's fair

Oh, the days of growing up

Where drawing in the lines was tough

And mom's approval was enough

But it became lust and drugs and filling up our cup

Well, I wanna know when I was stripped of my innocence

And trading cards turned into trading hearts

And I wanna know when joy became just a past tense

And a band-aid no longer healed all our scars

When every relationship had an end

Well, I wanna go back to playing pretend

Always sucking thumbs

Clothes covered in crumbs

Everything was fun and great and we though that we'd stay forever young

Innocent laughs

Night late bubble baths

No regretting past mistakes or always having goodbyes and lasts

Oh, the days of growing up

Where drawing in the lines was tough

And mom's approval was enough

But it became grief, mistrust, and hands held down by cuffs

Well, I wanna know when fame and talent got spread apart (I wanna know)

And "dumb" and "rich" became the new "smart," oh

And I wanna know when "beauty" meant hating who you are

And a plastic face and body became art

When "authentic" meant following the trends

Well, I wanna go back to playing pretend