[gentle, pensive music playing]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, Prince Harry.
It is clear that many problems and difficulties people face,
both in the military and in wider society, all begin with mental health.
Yet support for mental health has been an afterthought for far too long.
When I joined the military,
mental health, mental illness, was a dirty word.
One of the things I'm proud of is the work David Wiseman and I did
giving talks to people inside the military.
We encouraged them to accept that…
"Fine, if mental health means mental illness…" Which it doesn't.
"…but if it does in your mentality,
let's put that to one side and talk about mental fitness."
If there's a stigma within the military, then there will be stigma within society.
So if we want to cure the stigma within society, we have to lead the way.
[applause]
There were evenings when I went to bed hoping I wouldn't wake up in the morning.
-[guest] This is unbelievably important. -[Prince Harry] I'm glad you feel that.
The more it makes people uncomfortable, the more we need to talk about it.
It's life-changing and it's life-saving.
[Prince Harry] Mental fitness is to be able to teach yourself mental resilience,
rather than just waiting for the problems to arise.
And that goes for every single person on the face of the planet today.
So you're still serving.
Twenty-seven and a half years.
You come back and that first excitement of being home, it just begins to subside.
[guest 2] And when the glow wears off, the nightmares start.
-Your husband was in for? -My husband served 23 years.
[Prince Harry] Right. Wow.
He… He died in 2019.
He was one of the 22 a day.
I feel it really personally, because I've always felt as though
every life that is lost could have been a life saved.
And I think we as a society can do better,
especially for people that have served their country.
[announcer] Set.
[starter signal squawks]
[cheering]
[commentator] She said she wanted confidence.
She's wanted to be able to laugh, to smile, to feel happy once more.
Sally Renard is the Invictus Games champion.
[Prince Harry] But what I've seen through Invictus Games,
through this community and my own experiences,
is when you put your mind to something, there is nearly always a positive
that comes out of it.
[applause]
[commentator] But watch Storey coming through!
Beruashvili might have just done enough to hold him off,
and it looks as though he has done! He gave everything!
[energetic EDM playing]
[discordant tones building]
[EDM fading away]
[distressing music building]
[faint whirring]
[helicopter blades clipping]
[music halts]
[cyclist panting]
[cyclist] I can almost hear the sounds.
I can almost smell how it was down in the desert.
Being a soldier, I wanted to help other people,
and I thought that I was going to make a difference in the world.
[in Danish] Who's that?
Hello.
[Kasper in English] We were the first team in Iraq from Denmark.
So I didn't know what to expect.
[Mette in Danish] When did you go to Iraq?
[Kasper] In 2004.
That was Al-Qurnah.
It was in the streets of Al-Qurnah that we saw fierce combat.
There was an incident when I grabbed my ammunition
and ran over to another soldier.
And I had to run straight across a field.
I could hear the shots. They were very close.
It started the PTSD.
[Mette] Mm-hmm.
[Kasper] The times when they bombed our camp have also left their marks.
When you're sitting in a shelter, you don't know if a grenade will hit.
Then you're not here anymore.
[Mette] If we go back to the day you were admitted to hospital,
I remember it very clearly.
A Kasper that was completely switched off.
No life in your eyes.
About that time I started to lose faith in life.
And I started to think about
if this was all there was to life, should I even be here?
[gentle, contemplative music playing]
It was a weird day.
It was a hard day.
It was.
Yeah.
-[Mette] It was a happy Kasper who went. -Yes.
It was another Kasper who returned home.
[in English] Denmark, we've had only 44 guys with physical injuries,
so we quickly ran out.
But we have thousands of people suffering from mental injuries.
They are invisible injuries. We can't see them.
[Bodilsen in Danish] This session is about creating energy.
We're ready for the first group.
If people are able to guess it, then that's great.
And afterwards, you can explain what your machine is all about.
I don't know how we'll carry him.
[in English] If you want to develop, you have to be motivated
to step out of your comfort zone and learn.
[imitating slurping]
[player in Danish] An anteater?
[team] Yes!
[player] We've invented a vacuum cleaner that can clean up anything.
[Bodilsen] Good job. That's a cool machine.
[in English] It has been very difficult for me to reconnect with people,
so to find the Invictus community has been very important for me.
I hope that we'll be finding each other again as a team
and hopefully to find myself.
[overlapping snarling, growling]
[applause]
[Bodilsen] All our guys, they have PTSD,
but PTSD is not a permanent thing.
But when it sticks to you, it's… it's because of other traumas
or other issues you have from your upbringing.
And therefore it's also very important that you take care of these issues.
I can only speak from my personal experience,
my tour of Afghanistan in 2011, flying Apaches.
Somewhere after that,
um, there was an unraveling.
And the trigger to me was returning from Afghanistan,
but the stuff that was coming up was
from the age of… from 1997, from the age of 12.
Losing my mum at such a young age,
the trauma that I had I was never really aware of.
It was never discussed. I didn't talk about it.
And I've suppressed it like most youngsters would have done.
But when it all came fizzing out, I was bouncing off the walls.
Like, what is going on?
I'm now feeling everything as opposed to being numb.
The biggest struggle for me was no one around me really could help.
I didn't have that support structure, that network, or that expert advice
to identify what was actually going on with me.
Unfortunately, like most of us, the first time you really consider therapy
is when you're lying on the floor in the fetal position,
probably wishing that you dealt with some of this stuff previously.
That's what I want to change.
[announcer] Take your marks.
[starter signal squawks]
[Prince Harry] I've always wanted the Invictus Games
and the support that comes with that all year round
to be a net to catch those individuals.
You can't just sign up for Invictus and hope you're gonna get a place.
We… We're way past that. [chuckles]
The selection process for most of these countries
is based on who needs it most.
The journey to the games for so many of these individuals
has been really rough.
It is a huge challenge and a huge feat for anyone
to plonk themselves in front of 5, 6, 7,000 people.
[commentator] He's going to win this comfortably.
And here, straightaway, the sportsmanship appears.
Helping along Michael Jansen.
He's battled with post-traumatic stress disorder.
And he has said that he wants to learn to trust people again.
Comradeship, solidarity, support.
The Invictus family.
[crowd cheering]
[pleasant, folksy rock music playing]
[in Ukrainian] Hello, my dearest dickhead.
What the fuck?
It's warm here, right?
[Paievska] What's up? Will you be teaching us?
What we should teach you?
Everything.
[Horbach in English] In Ukraine, we have more than 400,000 people
who have served since 2014.
We need to understand that not all of them have physical injuries.
Some of them have serious psychological and mental health issues.
Some of our team members,
it can be the first time they ever see a psychologist and talk about trauma.
[Paievska in Ukrainian] Do you do it on one leg?
Or while sitting on your ass?
-All right by yourself? -Yeah. Yeah.
Are these bulletproof vests?
They're too bright. Snipers will see you.
-Taira. -The flag?
Give us the flag.
[upbeat electronic music playing]
Be careful.
Wow!
Whoo!
Fuck yeah!
[indistinct chatter]
[player] Hold onto it.
Good try.
Watch out, man.
[player] Syeryi rules.
You're such a beast.
Surf time. [chuckles]
[indistinct radio chatter]
[host] Russia continues to put pressure not only on Ukraine's energy sector,
but also by displaying their weaponry
and staging threatening military drills along the border.
But Ukrainian intelligence says this is not preparation for an invasion.
It is an act of intimidation.
[Paievska] I think these are geopolitical games.
People are just trying to convince themselves everything is okay.
These are people born for war or those who grow to like it.
Uh, because if you do something for a long time without enjoying it, you'll go crazy.
Uh, I just love my job. I love rescuing people.
If I hadn't taught myself to love it, I would have gone crazy.
Well, not crazy, perhaps.
But I would have been much more traumatized.
But I'm honestly ready to leave it behind and move on.
[low, keening music playing]
[bell tolling]
[man 1] So you're not in a rowing event?
-[man 2] Oh yeah. -[woman] Mm-hmm.
[man 1] So, you're rowing, archery.
-Basketball. That's it. -[man 1] Basketball.
That's enough. [woman laughs]
They had 800 applicants that wanted to be on the team.
[man 1] Excellent.
And they chose 32.
-[man 1] You have a lottery ticket? -I wish.
-[woman laughs] -I think it's gonna be the best ever.
-This Invictus Games, yeah. -Yeah.
[Ling] I applied for the Games to get out of my comfort zone,
to fear… or to face my fears.
Just keep the fire going. Anything else?
There we go. Burning away.
[indistinct chatter]
[flames crackling]
-[Ling breathing raggedly] -[flames rushing]
[Ling exhales heavily]
-[flames crackle intensely] -[muffled gunfire]
[dog whimpers]
-[Ling] Hey, Caelin? -Yeah?
[muffled gunfire]
I just had a trigger.
-Okay. -Yeah, so…
Yeah.
I'm trying to…
-What happened? -What's that?
What happened?
Well, the fire over there.
Yeah. Okay.
[flames crackling]
[Ling] Just brings me back to the event.
[heart beating rapidly]
Your heart rate's up?
Yeah. Can you look at your hands?
Touch your hands.
And breathe.
[heart beating]
Yeah. Nice, slow exhales.
[Ling] Went down. Good.
[Caelin] Yeah!
[Ling] Yeah.
Good job.
[exhales]
-Good job. Yep. -Okay.
[Ling] When I'm triggered, I go back to the trauma.
I have flashbacks, and sometimes I don't know where I'm at,
and somebody's got to tell me to be back and present.
[low rumbling]
[Ling] It's a horrible feeling to be scared of your trauma.
It's not a… a thing that I wish on anybody.
This was a Christmas ornament that I made last year,
and I gave it to all my teammates.
It was my… Part of my therapeutic woodworking course.
This is my first portrait of me from the first training camp.
And this is my grandma, Erva Whitehead.
So she was kind of like my rock.
My… My childhood wasn't happy.
Parents, they tried their best.
Uh…
But I think they were coping,
or dealing with issues that they couldn't get help for.
And for me, being young, I didn't know that,
and confused at why they were the way they were.
[somber music playing]
I was desperate to leave and I didn't know where to go.
And when I was old enough to join the military, I did.
That's our ship. It's a tanker.
So my job would be bringing the lines in at a fueling place.
-Yeah? -And fuel the ship.
How interesting.
What are you doing here? Taking in the scenery?
[Ling] Yeah, observing.
So when I came back,
my issues I was dealing with and my drinking…
And I became an alcoholic for life.
I couldn't keep a relationship.
And the street was the place that…
I was on the street for a year.
Lived under shelter…
Under bridges,
in the woods, trying to survive.
It's been like a journey for me since childhood.
I am glad I was picked to go to the Invictus Games.
I'm honored.
And I'm hoping to do my best.
[crowd singing soulfully in Ukrainian]
[speaker] Today we are here with you because we remember.
We remember those who sacrificed their lives
to give us a chance for a better life.
[crowd chanting] United Ukraine! United Ukraine! United Ukraine!
Glory to Ukraine!
Glory to the heroes!
Putin is a dickhead!
DON'T OCCUPY ME
[Paievska] I think that the war changed me.
In 2014, when it all began, my daughter was 11.
It was very hard for me to leave her and my husband Vadym.
I do what I do to protect them,
to keep them away from the things that are happening there during the war.
As we go through life, our names can change.
I've even started thinking about buying something civilian to wear.
[pensive music playing]
My name is Yuliia, call sign "Taira."
I think that Taira and Yuliia are different people.
"Taira" is not a person, "Taira" is a syringe or a tourniquet.
Um…
"Taira" is a comrade who sits with a brother and talks to him heart-to-heart,
and me, myself, am just no one, just a small cog.
Uh, maybe "Taira" will become a thing of the past and something will come after,
but I won't be Yuliia again either.
I am very thankful for
the idea of Invictus.
I'm going to wipe my snot now, and then let's continue.
[dark, intense classical music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[bowstring twangs]
[arrow thuds]
I'm good.
[intense classical music continuing]
[indistinct chatter]
-[arrow thuds] -[music trails off]
[coach] Really good.
[muffled collision]
-Do you need sticky with this? -No.
Just gotta get used to it. It might not be right.
Gotta play around with it.
Sometimes it catches on your fingers or thumb.
[Jenkins] It's gonna be hard work today. Crack on and enjoy it.
Remember, all criticism has got to be constructive,
not destructive. All right?
Says he.
[all laughing]
[Folwell] When I left the Army, there was nothing.
And therefore having no routine, nothing to do each day,
nothing to look forward to ever…
Over time, I've started doing more.
[blows whistle]
[Folwell] These weekends with Invictus, I look forward to.
It's my night out with the lads. It's the environment and the banter
and everything else that comes with it.
We're going to work on crisscross. Let's see how it goes.
-This guy's going up here. -[Jenkins] Past there, yeah.
And this guy follows, he carries on down, and he's free.
[Jenkins] He started quiet,
but since getting the captaincy, he's starting to come out of his shell.
Kind of hanging around the top of the key. You can move.
[Jenkins] He's not screaming and shouting at everybody.
He's the type of guy that sort of coaxes it out of people, you know?
And that's what you need as a captain.
[gentle music playing]
[Folwell] The group did awesome, to be honest.
We have a lot of laughs.
They're all pretty down-to-earth people,
and I guess that's what I've got back from it,
being around people that I know and enjoy spending time with.
[Jenkins] That was good. Some good passing there.
It's because we can multitask, girls.
We can catch a ball and look for the next pass.
[Allen] I'm passionate about the opportunity that's been given to me.
When we leave the services, some people can be rude
and you've got an invisible disability.
-So you go through all these changes. -People can be very judgmental.
Yeah. Yeah.
Then that triggered my mental health where I'd drunk a couple bottles of vodka,
about 100 pills.
Didn't think it was worth being around and woke up in the Oval Hospital,
spewing up charcoal.
[player 1] Vicki! Vicki!
[player 2] Mitch! Mitch! Come away!
Go on! Go!
Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!
Come on!
All right, reset. Come out! Reset!
[player 3] As they get more tired, they're getting rattier.
It's just… They're not achieving anything.
No, but it's good to get them worked up.
Oh yeah.
[Jenkins] It's not about the medals.
It's about getting there and achieving something
they thought they'd never do.
Come. All in the middle.
But I think if you ask everybody in my team, all they want is a gold.
This team has got a good chance.
Starting to get a bit bitchy there.
That's what happens when you get tired. Start throwing silly balls.
Once we get the ball in the half, slow it down.
We dictate what we want to do with the game, not the opposition.
When you come out of the Army, you come out of an institution.
The sports recovery is fantastic.
And for you, it's like giving back to the military
after all these years, you know?
I'd like to say to them, "Come and have a game of rugby."
They'll say, "I don't know if I like that."
It makes us feel good as well, to help people.
[Jenkins] Look at that. That's a good photo.
Look, I had hair then.
Them were the days, eh?
-Gorgeous-looking bloke, wasn't I? -No.
These are the… What do you call it… Look.
This was when I was playing.
Look at you with your perm! [chuckles]
And then of course I started doing Invictus.
I've coached the team since 2014,
and I've been fortunate enough to do all the games as head coach.
-It looks as though I was in the action. -[Jayne] Like you were playing.
That's when we were waiting and lining up.
-Prince Harry. -Prince Harry came along.
And all those had glue on their hands.
-Everyone put glue on him. -Over his shirt and his jacket.
-Naughty boys. -They were a real funny bunch, they were.
[dramatic music building]
[announcer] Here we go. For the final, Great Britain versus the USA.
Accelerating… and scoring!
[Jayne] If you could've bottled the atmosphere, it'd be worth a fortune.
[crowd chanting, clapping] GB! GB!
[announcer] Walker for the line!
[Jenkins] As coaches, when they were coming into the bench,
we were shouting and still couldn't hear what we were saying. It was that loud.
[commentator 1] The countdown is on.
[commentator 2] There's time on the clock.
We scored in the last second to win gold. It was brilliant.
The whole place erupted.
Absolutely fabulous.
[announcer] In the finals, it is victory for Team GB.
[triumphant music swelling]
[music halts abruptly]
[birdsong]
[man in Danish] Hey, Kasper. Good to see you.
Good to see you too.
Cool mugs.
[Kasper] Thanks.
[Bodilsen] Let's go outside. The weather is nice.
How do you feel about your goals for the competition?
Today I can see
there's a lot of work to be done.
The stepping stone of Invictus
is so important to me, 'cause I've tried everything.
I've worn down so many psychologists and psychiatrists
and been hospitalized for so long.
Because your injury has had quite an impact on your family.
It's had a massive impact.
Getting divorced, not being able to spend time with my daughters,
being alone, not knowing which way to go.
What did you write down about your goals?
I wrote that my goal is to become a better father
and to be more present when I spend time with my daughters.
To have them on my own and for longer periods of time.
That's what this is all about.
[gentle, introspective music plays]
[in English] It's a new goal, and it's… Yeah.
I'm getting sad now. We have to stop. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.
[helicopter blades whirring]
[in Ukrainian] Little one?
Oh my God…
[Paievska laughs]
Doggy-doggo. You're the doggo.
Who's this here?
[Anna-Sofia] I'm busy washing the dishes.
[pleasant, upbeat music playing on radio]
There's something mysterious in there. Dig your hand in!
[Anna-Sofia] It's a nasty sludge.
Not sure it's sludge exactly…
It's an entire ecosystem!
Wow, they even smell.
[Anna-Sofia] Just like roses smell.
[Paievska] Military roses.
Military roses for a military lady. Seems right.
[Anna-Sofia] Our relationship is fine,
but I can't say it's like a normal mother-daughter relationship
because for a long time, I didn't see her regularly.
It was just the life I got used to.
And, secondly, I had no choice
having to learn to live like that...
[Paievska] Okay, let's go.
-[Anna-Sofia] This way? -[Paievska] Yeah. Go.
[Anna-Sofia] She has come back home
and has some renovation plans for our house.
She might even completely embrace civilian life.
Here.
[Anna-Sofia] Ah!
My favorites.
Toffee flavor?
No, not toffee.
What does Daddy like?
[Anna-Sofia] Here's what Dad needs for his nerves.
-What is it? -It's a Pop-it.
What?
-"Pop-it." -"Pop-it"?
It's anti-stress.
[indistinct radio announcements]
[Vadym] He always screams the loudest.
-This cat's life is just unbearable. -[chuckles]
I know you're good at slicing cheese.
[gentle, introspective music playing]
The caviar's decent, by the way.
And the sausage.
-I'm no good with the sausage. -You have to be.
[Paievska] I'm grateful to Vadym.
He's an incredibly bright person. Very balanced, very strong.
We've been together for a long time
and it only gets better.
[reporter on radio] A key topic is Ukraine
and the concentration of Russian troops on its border.
The White House stated that during these negotiations
Biden will offer Putin diplomatic ways
to de-escalate the situation near the Ukrainian border.
If war comes, we go to war.
If there's no war, we enjoy our sandwiches. Simple!
What else do you want?
[reporter in English] ABC's Patrick Reevell is in Kyiv.
Good morning, Patrick.
[Reevell] Good morning. Thank you. Here in Ukraine, uncertainty remains.
But with a glimmer of hope for diplomacy in Geneva,
Russia is still sending more troops to the border.
[tense music playing]
[cheering]
[Reevell] This morning, Ukrainian soldiers are watching and waiting
in the snowy trenches of Eastern Ukraine.
Just across the border, Russian forces conducting military exercises.
The high-stakes talks in Geneva between the US and Russia
may have offered some hope,
but they've not dispelled the fear of a Russian invasion.
[panting]
[exhales steadily]
[thunder rumbling]
[Smith] Ukraine is front of mind because they will become the story,
and also how we psychologically support them being the story.
We've been in touch with Oksana, the team manager.
[man] We speak less frequently, so we're quite worried.
It's a question of watch this space, keeping in regular contact.
We'll do everything we can to support, because this is a really important thing.
How's the team getting on? What's their mental state?
They were still training until a week ago,
but it's entirely possible they may be called back to fight.
We're working on trying to get a team there.
We need to monitor it carefully and support them as best we can.
I think the events in Ukraine show us the importance
of the Invictus community even more.
[man] Games update? Richard?
The participating nations, they're looking forward to it.
They want to come together. Their entries are in.
There are more entries for team sports than there were for Sydney.
And there's real excitement.
[man] Any other business?
Thank you. We've covered a lot today. Thank you.
[woman] Thank you for having us.
[indistinct chatter]
[in Danish] Welcome to tonight's program.
Do any of you want to share?
In two and half months, we'll be down there and it'll all culminate.
Hopefully it'll go well for us
and we'll all have experienced huge personal development.
Some of us might win medals,
and that would be the gherkin on the sandwich.
I maybe haven't trained that much,
but have focused on personal development instead.
I just managed three years without the fucking alcohol.
I've wanted to drink more and do coke,
but I've tried to manage it.
Because my kids shouldn't grow up with a dad who's absent, like I did.
I always make it worse by waiting
for the next bad period.
[player 1] You really positioned all the tanks.
Then it'll be a bad day for sure.
[player 2] I've got a job now.
It's caused me to have less time with my son.
I've just seen him now. He turned 18.
Because of his autism, he doesn't like physical contact,
yet he gave me a big hug when he saw me.
So that was nice.
We have our small dog Albert there, and an unleashed dog shows up.
The dogs start fighting.
I had two options.
I could attack the other dog
or I could yell at my own dog to get it away.
So I do the latter.
I managed to think before I acted.
[Bodilsen] What do you do about the frustrations
that build up in that process?
Well, I take it out on the rowing machine.
[Henriksen in English] To manage the bad days,
I have learned that my kind of medicine is going out.
When I started riding the bike, it was just like riding in a tunnel.
I didn't see what was happening around me.
And suddenly, it was like it all opened and I saw what was happening around me.
I began to smell the forest and the sea.
[uplifting music building]
It was one of the first times that I… I felt alive again.
[Ling] It just releases all the bad things.
My head is clear.
[spectators cheering]
[Folwell] I kind of just get lost in it,
playing in that moment rather than thinking about that moment.
As soon as you start thinking about that moment, you've lost.
[George] Archery. Wow. I thought it was a two-handed sport.
From somebody on the couch for eight years, no direction,
not knowing what to do, this was like, "Oh, I can do this."
[bow string sings]
Yeah.
[Na in Korean] I've met a lot of people, which has made me more optimistic.
It's challenging,
but I love the sense of accomplishment after making it to the finish line.
I feel renewed afterwards. Yeah, that's right.
[player 1 in Ukrainian] So now, we're exactly midway through our training,
and this Saturday we will meet all the trainers.
[Paievska] Sport allows you to improve your body, your mind, your emotions.
You can always do more, you can always do better.
[player 2] Joy, disgust, fear…
All these emotions force us into action.
And sport allows us to re-train the nervous system.
[in Danish] Now we are at a height where it's getting exciting.
[coach in Ukrainian] Start with a very deep breath inwards.
Pump air into the lungs.
And a smooth exhale.
Is everyone ready?
[all roaring]
Well done. Great.
[applause]
See you later, Kasper.
You are so awesome.
Right back at you. Thanks for your help.
Always.
[Prince Harry in English] One of the key missions of the foundation today is
to find those that are sitting on their sofa, staring at a TV,
and never want to leave their house.
The hard-to-reach.
There is literally one moment
to be able to convince that individual
that whatever their plan is, whatever they're thinking,
however bad their day is, that that will not last forever.
But we have a community of people, and a vast majority of them,
after one games,
feel like they have found themselves again.
That is literally saving lives every day.
[low, portentous music playing]
[horns honking]
[somber, resolute music building]
[Paievska in Ukrainian] To rehabilitate myself, I need Invictus.
But war does not allow us to relax.
It does not allow us to start a normal life.
[unsettling music rumbles]
["The Pretender" by Foo Fighters playing]
[emotional, sweeping rock song playing]
♪ Keep you in the dark ♪
♪ You know they all pretend ♪
♪ Send in your skeletons ♪
♪ Sing as their bones Go marching in again ♪
♪ They need you buried deep ♪
♪ The secrets that you keep Are ever ready ♪
♪ Are you ready? ♪
♪ I'm finished making sense ♪
♪ Done pleading ignorance ♪
♪ That whole defense ♪
♪ Spinning infinity, boy ♪
♪ The wheel is spinning me ♪
♪ It's never-ending, never-ending ♪
♪ Same old story ♪
♪ What if I say I'm not like the others? ♪
♪ What if I say I'm not just Another one of your plays? ♪
♪ You're the pretender ♪
♪ What if I say I will never surrender? ♪
♪ What if I say I'm not like the others? ♪
♪ What if I say I'm not just Another one of your plays? ♪
♪ You're the pretender ♪
♪ What if I say That I'll never surrender? ♪
♪ In time or so I'm told ♪
♪ I'm just another soul for sale ♪
♪ Oh well ♪
♪ The page is out of print ♪
♪ We are not permanent ♪
♪ We're temporary, temporary ♪
♪ Same old story ♪
♪ What if I say I'm not like the others? ♪
♪ What if I say I'm not just Another one of your plays? ♪
♪ You're the pretender ♪
♪ What if I say That I'll never surrender? ♪
♪ What if I say I'm not like the others? ♪
♪ What if I say I'm not just Another one of your plays? ♪
♪ You're the pretender ♪
♪ What if I say I will never surrender? ♪
[song trails off]