JexT - Just Pretend

[🌐 Style Influence: LANY × Chase Atlantic × The Neighbourhood × EDEN 🎧 Genre: Alt-Electro Pop / Moodwave R&B 😶‍🌫️ Mood: Bitter-sweet, dreamlike dissociation, cinematic heartbreak 📀 Tempo: 108 BPM – smooth groove, emotionally detached] 🜁 Lyrics — "Just Pretend" [Intro – echoing synth swell, lo-fi voicemail crackle] “Hey... just checking in. I know you won’t answer but—never mind.” Click. [Verse 1] I’ll say I’m good, even when I’m breaking I’ll smile like none of this is aching You're out there painting futures bright While I dim the stars to kill the light You say we're fine, but we don't talk I’m on read for days—guess that's your walk You still haunt the couch, your shirt still smells But I wear the silence all too well [Pre-Chorus] So let’s rewind like it’s all okay Like we didn’t burn the plans we made I’ll fake a laugh, you fake regret We’re better actors than we admit [Chorus – vocal layering, shimmering distortion] Just pretend… That you still care like you used to do Just pretend… That the love wasn’t see-through I’ll lie to myself, if you lie too Maybe we'll feel it like we meant to ‘Cause what we had, it won’t transcend… But for tonight, let’s just pretend [Verse 2 – slight beat shift, deeper 808s] I'll scroll through pics like they’re brand new Ignore the timestamp, the date, the view You post your glow-up, I post my pain Wrapped in captions that dodge your name We never ended, we just paused Let time and distance take the loss But you knew what you were doing then— You left a door cracked… for pretend [Pre-Chorus – swelling, more vocal reverb] So let’s play house in a house of cards Ignore the cracks, deny the scars Say my name like it still lands While I reach for hologram hands [Chorus – repeat with more force, vocal doubling] Just pretend… That you still miss the way I breathe Just pretend… You didn’t leave when I believed I’ll lie to myself, if you lie too Maybe we’ll feel it like we meant to Even if it breaks again… Let’s just pretend [Bridge – stripped down, vocoder layered whispers] Say “I love you” like it's not expired Say you stayed ‘cause your heart required Say I’m more than a memory glitch Even if it’s fake—scratch the itch [Final Chorus – soft at first, then soaring climax] Just pretend… That you still dream us side by side Just pretend… That goodbye never crossed your mind I’ll lie to myself, if you lie too Maybe we’ll feel it like we meant to No need to heal, just suspend— Our truth... and just pretend [Outro – ambient fadeout, looping phrase:] “Let’s pretend…” “…again.”