I was down but now I can see The pain, the hurt, the misery Oh Lord, it's been a long time The death, the lies, in lies the truth All that it is, what was, ain't true Doing my best I'll try and get it next time This cross you bare I've come to carry for

They're gonna clean up your looks With all the lies in the books To make a citizen out of you Because they sleep with a gun And keep an eye on you, son So they can watch all the things you do Because the drugs never work They're gonna give you a smirk

Quietly crept in and changed us all Immortal land lies down in agony No sign of life did flicker In floods of tears she cried "All hope's lost it can't be undone They're wasted and gone" "Save me your speeches I know (They blinded us all)

And the record won't stop skipping And the lies just won't stop slipping And besides my reputation's on the line We can fake it for the airwaves Force our smiles, baby, half dead From comparing myself to everyone else around me Everyone else around me

Can't see myself when I look in the mirror I get the skirt when I want (skrrt!) She got wife written all over Said that I was done for good and don't want no more lies But my phone be blowing up, temptations on my line I stare at the screen a while

Come past the lies We cannot be so blind Hear their cries The wait 'til daylight dies No more broken promises Slowly we watch the degradation of the civilization The rise and fall of all we are Stands here before us

It's a cold way to go To the hollow below Well long live all those lies You tell yourself And only the end And only the night But there's no kiss goodbye That you'll be alright You can't give up the ghost

So come along, it wont be long 'Til we return happy Shut your eyes, there are no lies In this world we call sleep Tomorrow we'll be free Let's not fight I'm tired can't we just sleep tonight Don't turn away it's just there's nothing left here to say Turn

It's only lies that I'm living It's only tears that I'm crying It's only you that I'm losing Guess I'm doing fine There's a blue bird at my window I can't hear the songs he sings All the jewels in heaven They don't look the same to me I just wade the

I will stand my ground where hope can be found You'll take all that is wrong and make it right (Right, so right) Your love is lifting me above all the lies Oh, O'Lord O'Lord I know You hear my cry No matter what I face this I know in time Make it right