Time To Pretend

The debut single is released as a 7" and CD featuring the b-sides Weekend Wars and Metanoia, respectively. It was the iTunes Single of the Week for the second week of January, 2008. It was made available as a free download on iTunes during that time. MGMT performed the song on The Late Show with David Letterman on January 8, 2008. The song subsequently hit #38 on the Mediabase Alternative chart. The track was originally recorded for the Time To Pretend EP (2005). It was re-mastered for the Oracular Spectacular album. It was featured in the the 2008 film 21, the Season 1 finale of Gossip Girl, and the series premiere of 90210. It was also the final song played on the second season of popular UK teen drama Skins, after the song reached a new peak in the UK charts.

[Verse 1] I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw I'm in the prime of my life Let's make some music, make some money Find some models for wives I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin And fuck with the stars You man the island and the cocaine And the elegant cars [Chorus] This is our decision, to live fast and die young We've got the vision, now let's have some fun Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do? Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute? Forget about our mothers and our friends We're fated to pretend To pretend We're fated to pretend To pretend [Verse 2] I'll miss the playgrounds And the animals and diggin' up worms I'll miss the comfort of my mother And the weight of the world I'll miss my sister, miss my father Miss my dog and my home Yeah, I'll miss the boredom and the freedom And the time spent alone [Chorus] But there is really nothing, nothing we can do Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew The models will have children, we'll get a divorce We'll find some more models, everything must run its course We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end We were fated to pretend To pretend We're fated to pretend To pretend [Outro] I said yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah