Fiction Lyrics

Lay down the words on the page

And we'll get them all thinking again

And in another year

Let it lay bare on the stage

So they'll stare at us blinking and then

All the King's horses and all the King's men

Were suddenly vanquished by the ink of a pen

Bested by lies that they can't comprehend

Pass off your thoughts as their own

And they'll fight to defend you as planned

Doesn't have to be truth

Let the words sink like stone

And they'll start to pretend to understand

That all the King's forces time and again

Will fail to inspire them like good fiction can

Lies that don't hurt you, defame, or offend

Lie to me

Hmm

Describe things you'd

Die to see

Hmm

And tell us all

Why it has to be

Fiction

Write of your fear and your pain

Now we all have our own part to play

Even heroes can dream

Of the dull and mundane

Of a day when they all start to say

That all the King's horses and all the King's men

Can figure things out on their own once again

The time of our heroes has come to an end

Write till the words don't make sense

They'll still praise and applaud you, you see

Even after you die

You'll live on forever hence

No regard for how flawed you appeared to be

Your death reinforces the man you were then

The power of words gives you new life again

The foes that you felled at the point of a pen

Lie to me

Hmm

Describe things you'd

Die to see

Hmm

And tell us all

Why it has to be

Fiction