Why We Lie-Dean Omori

These are the policies of make-believe Starving children on begging knees Tell the world why we look away I broke the hearts of many men The women lay down but then again They all know the reasons why we lie We can't stand what's gone before We can't stand what's coming So we lie We look like the devil and we look like god Born innocent die like dogs I ask you how'd we ever got this far We're nipped and tucked and broken The vanities got our eyes stolen For the price of a child you can buy yourself a new car We can't stand what's gone before We can't stand what's coming Or who we are I fear what the speakers are saying I fear what the prayers are praying I fear what we want to be and why we lie I'm scared what the shovellers are shovelling I'm scared what the people are following I'm scared what we think we are and why we lie Sometimes it feels I'm all alone The poet died business grown Time of great reform is on my mind When freedom spoke it broke the law They tuned off the camera when we went to war They don't want to show the reasons why We can't stand what's gone before We can't stand what's coming So we lie I spoke my mind to the firing squad They reach for my heart and I reached for their god After Auschwitz there can be no more poetry The brotherhood of man is low Money's rich and lies are gold Turned up the silence and watched the night sky We can't stand what's gone before We can't stand what's coming So we lie I fear what the speakers are saying I fear what the prayers are praying I fear what we want to be and why we lie I'm scared what the shovellers are shovelling I'm scared what the people are following I'm scared what we think we are and why we lie