Lies I Chose to Believe

Well I've gone and lost my faith in photographs

Curse those martyrs that mark my past

How long 'fore the day

We look back and laugh about all this?

Good luck finding your peace of mind

Being born into these brutal times

These days, I don't pray when I close my eyes

I just bite my tongue a bit harder

You were a lie I chose to believe

A lie I chose to believe

Let's float these gutters up past Heaven's gate

Get me outta these damn desert states

Did you hear the one about the hand of fate?

Oh man, it'll make your heart stop

Ever wish that you could just back out?

Take your nickels and go cash out

Forget the faces you been cryin' about

See where forgiveness takes you

A lie I chose to believe

You were a lie I chose to believe

Sweet surrender, like the break of dawn

With the map laid out and the arrows drawn

But I think too much and way too long

And I never tell, but you know

How to lift me when I sink too low

I found me a reason to be a man

Out on the shoulder with an outstretched hand

Just a little solid ground to stand

Is all I ever need

So shout it out from the Heavens above

Hell ain't nothin' but the Devil's drug

Love ain't a sickness, where I once thought it was

When I was too surrounded to see

All lies I chose to believe

Lies I chose to believe

You were a lie I chose to believe