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