Track name: Pretend That You're Alone

Date: 13 October 2008

Lyrics

We are just the monkeys who fell out of the trees
We are blisters on the earth
And we are not the flowers, we're the strangling weeds in the meadow
And love is just our way of looking out for ourselves
When we don't want to live alone
So step into the vacuum, tear off your clothes and be born again

Pretend that you're alone now and everything's gone
Just animal reflexes no one looking on
Forget about fashion, forget about the law
Pretend that you're alone now

I wonder what I'd do if I could wake up every morning with a clean slate
I'd burn through the cities and tear through the towns because there's no deals to make
So break out of the cages, the delicate structures we cling to all our lives
Because we are just the monkeys who fell out of the trees
When we were trying to fly

Pretend that you're alone now and everything's gone
Just primal desire, no right and no wrong
Forget about the future, forget about blame
Pretend that you're alone now

She's not waiting for tomorrow
And she has no love in her eyes

Oh no, I want to come down right now
Pull over, I want to get out right now

Pretend that you're alone now and everything's gone
Just animal reflexes no one looking on
Forget about religion, forget about shame
Pretend that you're alone now
No numbers in your phone now there's nothing going on
Just primal desire, no right and no wrong
Forget about fashion, forget about fame
Pretend that you're alone now

 

Comments

I love this song !!!!!!!!! (And all album...) . Raissa. Brazil - São Paulo.

Posted by Raissa on 2009-04-20 02:33:36

AMAZING SONG !! I THINK IF ALL PEOPLE FORGOT FOR A LITTLE MOMENT THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE AND MADE ALL THE THINGS ACCORDING TO THE SONG, WE COULD GET A MUCH BETTER WORLD TO LIVE. THANK YOU KEANE !!!! YOU ARE THE BEST !!!!

Posted by jpnauta on 2009-02-11 18:30:26

this song is one of my favorite. so what can I say it's just fantastic

Posted by isadora on 2009-01-08 21:54:22

great song guys.... One of my favourites

Posted by LoFranko on 2008-12-10 02:20:29

Ow, I just can't stop dancing if I hear this one! Pretend That You're Alone is so colorful, happy, rhytmic, and ALL! Like usual, KEANE always give layered song! We can hear bass, drum, piano, sax, bongo, string, and all in one track without lose its own main tone! INDONESIA WAITS FOR YOU!

Posted by Jeckapah on 2008-12-02 14:30:22

I'm a monkey, guys love PTYAA!!!!

Posted by thomas_chaplin on 2008-11-25 01:44:36

I LOVE THIS SONG!!! I LOVE THE PIANO!!! I LOVE THE DRUMS!!! I LOVE THE SAX!!! I LOVE THE VOCALS!!!

Posted by JimmyKeane on 2008-11-24 03:02:28

SAX!!!!!!!!! yea!!! very nice :D

Posted by mexican keane fan on 2008-11-01 21:58:17

This lirycs are free and fun...in such a way....just i'm wordless...S2

Posted by ludmila on 2008-10-26 06:28:22

can't. stop. listening. to. this. song! gaaaaaaaah its so good! :)

Posted by castleintherain on 2008-10-21 07:33:27

Oh yes, we are all monkeys... And man is probably the worst animal, too. A very original song...

Posted by Agnes(Fr-15/07/2007) on 2008-10-19 22:30:54

i love this song!!! keane is one of the best things that happened in my life :')

Posted by Ivyslash on 2008-10-19 22:06:26

It's a fucking amazing song, love the lyrics, the rythm and Tom's voice, love the saxon and how Tom says Ooooh oH ho, it's so funny and diferente from the rest, makes me wanna dance. Tim you're the best, love KEANE Lore (Argentina)

Posted by lovexkeane on 2008-10-18 23:59:21

Les paroles de cette chanson plairaient – à coup sûr – à Charles DARWIN s’il était encore en vie ! Mais point à moi. Par contre, la musique est intéressante.

Posted by Hakim on 2008-10-18 16:33:48

happy song!!! solo somos monos!!! wow!!! no somos flores!! wow!! true true!!!! yeah it makes me laught!!

Posted by mich keane on 2008-10-17 22:23:47

"Nós somos há pouco os macacos que caíram fora das árvores Nós somos bolhas na terra E nós não somos as flores, nós somos as ervas daninhas estrangulando no prado E amor é há pouco nosso modo de olhar fora para nós mesmos Quando nós não queremos viver só Assim entre no vazio, rasgue fora suas roupas e nasça novamente" xxxxxxxxxxx...BEAUTIFUL SONG !!!...xxxxxxxxxx

Posted by CLEAME on 2008-10-17 19:14:55

This is a refreshing tune...being able to put your worries on hold for a moment...and dance. I only wish I knew what, "She's not waiting for tomorrow And she has no love in her eyes / Oh no, I want to come down right now Pull over, I want to get out right now" is about. That's doesn't sound like a good thing...very contrasting to the rest of the lyrics. Hmmm.... maybe it means that pretending we are alone would ultimately be a bad thing. Great song.

Posted by Michelle316 on 2008-10-17 15:12:44

One of my favourite songs, definitve!!! The music make me free and happy, it´s so funny! Great music with, the clapping and is it a trumpet, aswell? The lyrics speaks for themselves! I love this song! Thank you!

Posted by Johanna on 2008-10-17 13:41:10

Amazing , liberating, crazy , claver, lyrics !!! I can it listen all day. For me it's the perfect song for "Dance like no one is watching" So cool!!!

Posted by mariabella on 2008-10-17 12:46:09

I LOVE THIS SONG, IT MAKE ME LAUGH AND SMILING.hOW DID YOU COME AT THE LYRIC I WONDER.GREAT.

Posted by Piscilla_Holland on 2008-10-17 12:42:13