Well, one of the all-time most painful songs ever is sort of about pretending.
“I Can’t Make You Love Me”
My favorite version is Bonnie Raitt, no surprise, but probably because I got to witness her first live performance of this song. The audience was frozen for long seconds when she was done…before a standing ovation erupted..
Isn’t she asking for just one more night of pretending?
Turn down the lights
Turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me
Tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don’t patronize
Don’t patronize me
‘Cause I can’t make you love me if you don’t
You can’t make your heart feel something it won’t
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I’ll feel the power
But you won’t, no you won’t
‘Cause I can’t make you love me, if you don’t
I’ll close my eyes, then I won’t see
The love you don’t feel when you’re holding me
Morning will come and I’ll do what’s right
Just give me till then to give up this fight
And I will give up this fight
‘Cause I can’t make you love me if you don’t
You can’t make your heart feel something it won’t
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I’ll feel the power
But you won’t, no you won’t
‘Cause I can’t make you love me, if you don’t
https://helenswordsoflife.com/2017/12/16/song-lyric-sunday-theme-for-12-17-17/#like-2668
Yeah, this is an all-time painfully sad song and Bonnie Raitt just adds another dimension entirely. It’s such a lonely place to be – knowing you love someone so much more than they love you. Great pick!