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💡 See also: Fake/Pretend/Counterfeit/Hoax/Play It Cool
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Debut (October 24, 2006)
Fearless (November 11, 2008)
- Don’t You: And you can say we’re still friends but I don’t want to pretend
Speak Now (October 25, 2010)
- The Story Of Us: Why are we pretending this is nothing?
- Long Live: And bring on all the pretenders
Red (October 22, 2012)
- I Knew You Were Trouble: Pretend he doesn’t know that he’s the reason why your drowning
- Starlight: The night we snuck into a yacht club party pretending to be a duchess and a prince
1989 (October 27, 2014)
- Wildest Dreams: Say you’ll see me again even if it’s just pretend
- Wonderland: You and I got lost in it and we pretended it could last forever
Reputation (November 10, 2017)
- Delicate: Sometimes when I look into your eyes, I pretend you’re mine all the damn time
- Getaway Car: Don’t pretend it’s such a mystery
September - Earth, Wind & Fire Cover (April 13, 2018)
- Do you remember The 28th night of September? Love was changin' the minds of pretenders While chasin' the clouds away
- Interesting that the 28th of September 2022 was when Taylor announced Midnight Rain during Midnights Mayhem with Me, a song that would later be revealed to have a lyric about “pretenders”