The Phoenix Lie

(Verse 1)
You saw me turnin’ cold, I felt it coming on,
The world was crashin’ down, felt your past pilin’ on.
I was playin your sinister Games just to keep us alive
I looked you in the eye, through the chaos and the dust
Said "I don't need you,"
 you took it as a bust, 
you didn't hear the heartbeat under the fear
I was tryin’ to save the family,
 while you were grinding the gears of your past.

(Chorus)
I didn't need you to survive, hell, I’ve walked through fire before,
I didn’t need a crutch, girl,  
I wanted you forever,

I was choosing you forever, 'til I lost my voice.
(Verse 2)
I burn it all down, put it all through the ashes,
Burned my own way just to break the lock,

Just to keep us unbroken, to buy us time.
But you have a way movin, yeah, 

I know your style
When it gets too heavy,

Grinding back to the bed of your past 
before the dust could even settle,

While I’m sittin’  under the lies of our past

(Verse 3)
Now you ran back to your past.

yeah, circling the drain
Dragging unhealed baggage through the ashes.

Your sins of the past always crossing your path.

You’re Just out there recycling the hurt just to cover the sinister crimes,
That ain't being a Phoenix, rising up from the ashes.

Your haunted of  an eternal graveyard where the dead lay.
(Bridge)
Now you’re playin’ "Phoenix," risin’ for the crowd,

Postin’ pictures in the sun, laughin’ bright and loud,

True Phoenix doesn’t just play house in the heat,

They stay there when it burns, they don’t accept defeat

You’re lookin’ for an audience to clap for your show,

I was lookin’ for a partner with something real forever to go.

(Outro - Spoken over fading heavy metal guitar big drop beat)
Yeah, I haven’t touched another,
 'cause  I loved to hard to be replaced.

You’re out there filling the void, just running from your ways,
Keep running from your lies of your past.
I know you're just burying yourself under their sheets, the tears of your fear.

 You can't outrun the lies of the truth of your past.
(Male)

Dark country rock