Wide Shut Lyrics

Most of what I say comes without one novel thought

Cause I'm ashamed of all I own

And I'll claim credit for things that I bought

Yes I just take what I hear and pretend it's my own

So I can voice an air of eloquence

Over truths I've never known

So that someone thinks of me

When they think of how they've grown

So proverbs of my wisdom

Could be etched upon their stone

Lies, Lies, Lies

Lies are all I see

Your eyes, eyes, those eyes

Wide shut

Cause you want the lies to be

So I'm a liar

And you're no better than me

I'm a wicked man

But the ones I love

Tell me I'm not a bad guy

Cause there's no shame in what I've done

But if you'd ask for my reasons why

They're too shameful to confess

But even when I find the courage to try

I fear the loss of my comfort

And my confession quickly turns into a lie

But all I want, honest to God

Is to just live my life in the light

But lately I struggle to remember who I am

Cause I've hidden as much of myself

From myself as I can

So that lies, lies, lies

Lies are all I see

Your eyes, eyes, those eyes

Wide shut

Cause you want the lies to be

So I'm a liar

And you're no better than me

I knew a man with eyes

That sought to see the things

To which everyone else was blind

And I asked Him, could a man

Willfully choose his own demise, and He said

Surely if that man was still ruled by lies

Which his heart still firmly believed in

But his mouth could only deny

And that's why we die

Cause we try so hard to deny

Some truth it's right to come into the light

So till our death to hide the truth we'll fight

Cause it's the only proof that we're not alright