Lies Around The Lips

Lies around the lips/
A truth you never miss.
The truth of deception/
A work of art/
There is never an end/
And never a start.
With a shut up heart/
You believe your own fables/
You fill the slate dirty/
And hide the cards on the table.
Always a trick up your sleeve/
You create a new name/
You create new friends/
Wrapped in beauty and flames.
Tied up in barbed wire/
The strangled list keeps burning/
Of all of the ones who have cared/
Of all of the ones that you're hurting.
Lies around the lips/
You never listen, just keep on talking/
You run your mouth so much/
You can't see where you are walking.
You fell into a pit/
That looks a lot like paradise/
But the bottom is filled with snakes/
And the side jagged knives.
I just wanted the truth/
The sun was still shining/
But you blocked it with rain/
And created your own lightning.
Now the rain still falls/
It pours in my dreams/
The bridge is burning higher/
And you can't hear all the screams.
Lies around your lips/
And a truth I'll never miss/
You've mastered the art of deception/
And sealed it with a kiss.
The poison drips...