Better Lie

Say it with a straight face

Say that it could be alright

If you don’t ever say the words

Then maybe it could stay alive

So paper over all the cracks

And flash another crooked smile

I know what we can’t undo

But I don’t need you…

To tell the truth

To make it stay

Does it all come falling down

If we take the walls away?

So hide the hurt

And close our eyes

And maybe underneath the truth we’ll find

A better lie, better lie

So say it with a straight face

Say that it could be alright

Then maybe underneath the truth

We can find a better lie

So paper over all the cracks

Flash another crooked smile

Is it too much to hide

Is it too much?

To tell the truth

To make it stay

Does it all come falling down

If we take the walls away?

So hide the hurt

And close your eyes

And maybe underneath the truth we’ll find

A better lie, a better lie

So hide away all the hurt

Flash another crooked smile

We’ll try to fill empty hearts

And try to fan tender fires

Is it too much to hold

Is there no way to mend

Can’t we both look away

Can’t we both just pretend

To tell the truth

To make it stay

Because it all comes falling down

If we take the walls away

So hide the hurt

And close your eyes

And maybe underneath the truth

We’ll find a better lie, better lie