Your words dissolve like pills in my drink
Don’t heal a thing, just slow the sink
I swallow every half-truth clean
Like I don’t know what you mean
You hold me like it’s leased, not owned
Something warm but overthrown
Say my name like it might stay
Then back away in the light of day
[Pre-Chorus]
Truth is heavy, lies are light
I can carry those all night
If love’s just a borrowed sound
Let it play till it drowns out
[Chorus - looped x2]
Tell me lies, tell me lies
I don’t care if it’s true tonight
Say you’re mine, say you’re mine
Even if it dies in the light
I don’t need proof, I want rest
I don’t want more, I need less
So I fold my doubts real neat
Leave ’em on the floor with my jeans
Morning always ruins us
Sunlight’s such a fucking snitch
So I close my eyes at two-oh-one
And choose the dark I’m in
[Chorus - looped x2]
Tell me lies, tell me lies
I don’t care if it’s true tonight
Say you’re mine, say you’re mine
Even if it dies in the light
[Bridge]
If you meant it, I’d be gone
If you lied, I could hold on
So don’t confess, don’t make it real
Just tell me what I wanna feel
[Final Chorus - strip the drums - last line trails off and echos]
Tell me lies… tell me lies…
Say it slow, don’t make me cry
Just tonight… just tonight…
Let the truth wait till the light