Friday, 19 February 2021

The Lie

VERSE
Am
You've been denying it for years
These are deep-seated fears
It's not acceptance
It's not inclusion
Em
It's collusion
It's the lie

It's there for all to see
Implicit supremacy
Why to hide it?
Why deny it?
Why the long face?
Why the lie?

INSTRUMENTAL

If you're invited to a table
That you build with your own hands
It's not a bridge
It's not inclusive
It's exclusion
It's the lie

There's a serpent round the legs
And its eyes your throat
Feel it moving
Feel it rising
Feel the coldness
Feel the lie

If you decide your destiny
And control identity
You'll see the tightening
Feel the grip
Here it comes
It's the lie

INSTRUMENTAL

Its the warped reality
At the heart of the country
It's the decay
It's the wreckage
It's the damage
It's the lie

The foundations are all rotten
And the termites caused destruction
The walls are caving
The roof is failing
It's coming down
It's all a lie

Somewhere in the wreckage
In the rubble of the righteous
Are the honest
Are the real
Is the pure
Is the truth

INSTRUMENTAL

There's a reckoning to come
When the sorting will be done
Without derision
Without division
Without the hatred
Without the lie

The kiln is fired up
Rage is burning hot
Forge again
In the fires
In the flames
Beat out the lie

Build it for the third time 
Rising from the ashes
Hope's renewed
Hope's revived
Hope's reborn 
Without the lie


LYRICS:

You've been denying it for years
These are deep-seated fears
It's not acceptance
It's not inclusion
It's collusion
It's the lie

It's there for all to see
Implicit supremacy
Why to hide it?
Why deny it?
Why the long face?
Why the lie?

If you're invited to a table
That you build with your own hands
It's not a bridge
It's not inclusive
It's exclusion
It's the lie

There's a serpent round the legs
And its eyes your throat
Feel it moving
Feel it rising
Feel the coldness
Feel the lie

If you decide your destiny
And control identity
You'll see the tightening
Feel the grip
Here it comes
It's the lie

Its the warped reality
At the heart of the country
It's the decay
It's the wreckage
It's the damage
It's the lie

The foundations are all rotten
And the termites caused destruction
The walls are caving
The roof is failing
It's coming down
It's all a lie

Somewhere in the wreckage
In the rubble of the righteous
Are the honest
Are the real
Is the pure
Is the truth

There's a reckoning to come
When the sorting will be done
Without derision
Without division
Without the hatred
Without the lie

The kiln is fired up
Rage is burning hot
Forge again
In the fires
In the flames
Beat out the lie

Build it for the third time 
Rising from the ashes
Hope's renewed
Hope's revived
Hope's reborn 
Without the lie

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