Keep Your Halo

Verse 1

Don't clean yourself up

I've seen the dirt

Saw your jaw lock

When somebody hit a nerve

They love your good side

The one that sells

Damn, I don't trust people

Too pleased with themselves

Pre-Chorus

Don't be innocent

Don't play safe

Give me the ugly truth

Straight to my face

Chorus

Keep your halo

It never looked right anyway

Keep your good intentions

And all the pretty shit you say

I don't want the version

Everybody else believes

Show me what you bury

When there's nobody left to see

Keep your halo

I know what people do

And damn

I'd rather have the worst of you

Than something that ain't true

Verse 2

I've watched saints turn cruel

When no one's around

Sweet mouths get vicious

When nobody finds out

Don't say you're different

Don't sell me good

I've heard that promise

More than anyone should

Pre-Chorus

Give me something honest

Even if it cuts

I can take a fucked-up truth

I can't stand dressed-up love

Chorus

Keep your halo

It never looked right anyway

Keep your good intentions

And all the pretty shit you say

I don't want the version

Everybody else believes

Show me what you bury

When there's nobody left to see

Keep your halo

I know what people do

And damn

I'd rather have the worst of you

Than something that ain't true

Bridge

Maybe you're trouble

Maybe I'm worse

Maybe that's why

This almost works

Drop the performance

Drop the disguise

Give me the part

You keep out of sight

Final Chorus

Keep your halo

Let somebody else believe

You never get your hands dirty

You never fucking bleed

I don't want perfection

I've seen what that becomes

Give me every contradiction

Every place you come undone

Keep your halo

I don't need the view

'Cause damn

There's something almost beautiful

In knowing what's wrong with you

And maybe

What's wrong with me

Recognizes it too

Outro

Keep your halo

I'll take the truth

Even when it's ugly

Especially then