(Verse 1) You saw a man turnin’ cold, I felt it coming on, The world was crashin’ down, feeling your past pilin’ high. 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 underneath the fear I was tryin’ to save the family while you were shiftin’ gears. (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, to be side by side There’s a difference between hunger and a man’s honest pride I was choosing you forever, 'til I lost my voice. (Verse 2) I was ready to burn it all, put it all through the ashes, Burn down my own way just to break the lock, Just to keep us unbroken, just to buy us time. But you have a way movin, yeah, I know your style When it gets too heavy, You Run back to the bed of your past before the dust could even settle, While I’m sittin’ in the wreckage under the stars of our past (Verse 3) Now you ran back to your past, yeah, you circled the drain Dragging unhealed baggage through the mud and the rain, an unhealed past always crosses your path. You’re Just out there recycling the hurt just to cover the crimes of your past, That ain't being a Phoenix, rising up from the ashes. That's just haunting 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 But a True Phoenix doesn’t just play dress-up 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 somewhere real to go. (Outro - Spoken over fading guitar) Yeah, I haven’t touched another, 'cause I loved to hard to replace. You’re out there filling the void, just running from the style of your way, good luck running from your losses of the past Go ahead, get under your past. you're just burying yourself under your darkest fears, You can't outrun the truth of your past. (Male)

The Phoenix Lie