The Liars' Waltz

I've seen the ways
that time has been
turning
on our skin

From the day you're born
it always stays busy
working
to do you in

Moving us along
from the first year you're here
to first one
where you're gone

Begging and pleading
to be pardoned from
the birthplace
of our bones

Try as you might;
dance with who brung you
but darlin'
you're leaving alone

So okay, oh well
say I swore
to never ever swear
no more

Call that whatever
and I'll never
ask
what for

I got these burned down nights;
and days lit up like dreams.
Fleeting and fading
as most anything tends to be

When it's too good to be true
and you have grown
too honest
to believe

Truth is just a fable
lingering
just underneath
our lips

Hearts are able
but they don't have a prayer
against
what's lingering underneath their hips

Trying is easy
when nothing is
tying you
to your choice

Speaking is simple
the minute you can make a deal
and steal
someone else's voice

So okay, oh well
say I swore
to never ever swear
no more

Call that whatever
I'll never ask what for
I got these burned down nights
Days lit up like dreams
Fleeting and fading
As most anything will tend to be
When it's too good to be true
And you've grown too honest to believe

Category:

Music

Tags:

• andrew
• patrick
• david
• folk
• indie
• acoustic
• americana
• singer
• songwriter