Let’s Pretend For A Moment

Let’s Pretend For A Moment… [Intro — whispered / atmospheric] Let’s pretend for a moment… That nothing ever changed. That every road we traveled Still somehow led the same. [Verse 1] Let’s pretend my heart was never broken That June night when he walked away, That I never learned how something beautiful Could disappear in just one day. Let’s pretend I never felt that fire, Never thought that love could feel brand new, Never found a part of me I’d lost Until I found it loving you. [Pre-Chorus] ’Cause somewhere in the middle Of the love we couldn’t keep, I found a truth I’d waited for But never thought I’d see. [Chorus] So let’s pretend for a moment That the spark was always ours, That the love we found between us Wasn’t borrowed from the stars. Let’s pretend I never had to lose him To finally understand— The love I thought was gone forever Was still here in your hands. And if we have to start again, Then let’s begin tonight… Let’s pretend for a moment We can get it right. [Verse 2] Let’s pretend there were no broken promises, No “all or nothing,” no goodbye, No choosing between the ones I loved, No question asking who would stay or die. Let’s pretend the words were never spoken, The differences never came between, That three hearts could have kept on beating In the beautiful place they’d been. [Pre-Chorus] But maybe love’s not measured By the people who remain. Maybe what they leave behind us Can still change us through the pain. [Chorus] So let’s pretend for a moment That the spark was always ours, That the love we found between us Wasn’t borrowed from the stars. Let’s pretend I never had to lose him To finally understand— The love I thought was gone forever Was still here in your hands. And if we have to start again, Then let’s begin tonight… Let’s pretend for a moment We can get it right. [Bridge — stripped down, intimate] Maybe he was just a doorway To a love I couldn’t see. Maybe all the love he gave me Was meant to lead me back to me. And maybe “true love” isn’t someone Who can promise they’ll never leave… Maybe true love is the one who stays And still believes. Dennis… If I never said it clearly, Let me say it now. [Final Chorus — cinematic lift] We don’t have to pretend for a moment That the spark was never real. We can take everything it taught us And remember how to feel. We don’t have to pretend I didn’t love him, Or deny what brought me here. Because every tear I cried along the way Made your love somehow more clear. And if he never comes back, If that chapter’s really through, I don’t have to lose the love I found To find my way back to you. Maybe true love wasn’t waiting Somewhere out beyond our lives… Maybe it was here beside me All this time. [Outro — soft, electronic pulse fading] So let’s stop pretending That we have to go back then. Let’s take what love awakened And begin again. Not the way we were… But something stronger. Something new. You and me. Let’s pretend for a moment… No. Let’s believe.