Just Keep Lying
Reasonable Dreams
Facing Mortality · Defiant Optimism · Bittersweet Synth-Pop
My friends know I…
Know I…
Know I…
#VERSE
My friends know I have cancer
They fear I’ll soon be dying
I don’t want to alarm them
So, I just keep lying
#INSTRUMENTAL
And what about you?
Would you really
Want to know my truth?
#PRE-CHORUS
For the healthy
For the sick
Death is never far away
Bury the facts
Keep fear at bay
#CHORUS
Today we swim in happiness
Feel the warm sun shining
This party is a classic
Let’s keep those beach balls flying
One more drink while we all laugh
And just keep lying
Just keep lying
Just keep, just keep lying
#VERSE
Why do we wish for endless life?
My Grandma lived one-hundred years
But of course, she reached the path’s last stone
Now that stone’s been washed with tears
#INSTRUMENTAL
Did she even want it?
Doctors tried to keep her here
But, come on, what’s the use
#PRE-CHORUS
“Peaceful sleep for all someday”
Well, maybe that’s the lie
What if death doesn’t work that way
Bury the facts
Keep fear at bay
#CHORUS
Today we swim in happiness
Feel the warm sun shining
This party is a classic
Let’s keep those beach balls flying
One more drink while we all laugh
And just keep lying
Just keep lying
Just keep, just keep lying
#BRIDGE
Tulips push up through loose dirt
In my father’s ragged garden
They push poison through my veins
But my outlook never hardens
I am the tulip that will bloom
Alarms go off—my soul denies
My father holds my weakened hand
We join together—tell more lies
#INSTRUMENTAL
#INSTRUMENTAL
And what about you?
If you wore my shoes
What outlook would you choose?
#CHORUS
Today we swim in happiness
Feel the warm sun shining
This party is a classic
Let’s keep those beach balls flying
One more drink while we all laugh
And just keep lying
Just keep lying
Just keep, just keep lying
#OUTRO
#NOTE
This song is written from the perspective of someone who’s sick and knows death is coming, but they do their best to keep things upbeat. They hide details of the truth so that they and everyone around them can enjoy the time they have left together.
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