Liar

 

LIAR (K. McMaster)  –  3:56

 

I see the world as it is,

I never lie,

When I speak I tell the truth,

I have no reason to lie to anyone,

Anyone save for myself,

Oh I lie to myself,

Every night as I go to bed,

Every morning when I wake,

I lied to myself,

Each of those three times I wished upon falling stars,

I lie to myself when I dream at night,

In those moments that I long for something,

That I know I will never have,

I tell myself that it can be mine,

That it should be mine,

That it will be mine,

I say that it was meant to be,

I lie

 

I lie when I think that I can have a normal life,

I lie when I dream about it,

I lie when I hug the pillow,

I lie when I think about her,

I lie,

I lie when there is no more truth to deal with,

I lie when they lie to me,

I lie when they tell me their stories,

Their lies,

I lie when I accept those lies as fact,

I lie,

I lie so that I will not cry,

I lie to keep this smile, however false,

I lie,

I lie when I smile,

I lie when I joke,

I lie,

I lied when I smiled that night,

I should have cried,

That would’ve been the truth,

But I lied.

 

From the album HORNY JESUS (PURCHASE HERE)

and the book LOVE AND ANGST, BUT MOSTLY ANGST (PURCHASE HERE)

 

(Copyright 2009, Kevin McMaster)