Three pretenders forced their entry

There wasn't time to defend or attack

Somewhere inside I held their fury

But one by one my defenses began to crack



The first became a voice from my childhood

Without a world to call his own

Asking questions but doubting the answers

And too confused to stand up and face it alone



I can feel my body tremble

Like an animal under the gun

Can you feel your body tremble

Look in and see the eyes of Three Pretenders



The second came a shadowy hustler

Selling anything not nailed to the ground

He put a price on my resistance

And if it's high, I know he'll be marking it down



The third became a mysterious traveller

Stormy words like sea-weathered sails

His life was scarred with peaks and valleys

A haunted kingdom crumbling against the gales



I can feel my body tremble

Like a child afraid of the dark

Can you feel your body tremble

Look in and see the eyes of Three Pretenders