# Pretentious rock lyrics

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The first song that came to mind was _Silent Lucidity_.

Also, when Robert Plant wrote:

_You were pumping iron as I was pumping irony_

and

_See the whites of their eyes then shoot_  
_With all the romance of the Ton Ton Macoute_

Was it pretentious or just plain terrible?

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