Paper White Lie

Verse 1

Pages flipping

Sweat is soaking the ink (Soaking the ink)

Forty-five frantic faces

Turning grey while the clocks blink

Pencils snapped

Biting through their lips just to survive

Pre-Chorus

Watch him drift in late

Watch him take a seat

Watch him finish first

Chorus

He didn't read the book

He didn't read the book

Perfect score from a blank look

Yeah he got the ten (Got the ten)

How did he get the ten (How did he get the ten)

While we're breaking under pressure

He's colder than the river

Perfect ten

Post-Chorus

Ten

Ten

Ten

Something isn't right

Verse 2

Cool hands

Paper white and flat (White and flat)

Teacher stares at the page

Looking for a catch where it's at

Wrong guy

Holding every truth inside his palm

Pre-Chorus

Watch him drift in late

Watch him take a seat

Watch him finish first

Chorus

He didn't read the book

He didn't read the book

Perfect score from a blank look

Yeah he got the ten (Got the ten)

How did he get the ten (How did he get the ten)

While we're breaking under pressure

He's colder than the river

Perfect ten

Bridge

Cheating in the hallway

Searching in the shadows

Secrets in the static

Searching for the how

Looking for the why

Chorus

He didn't read the book

He didn't read the book

Perfect score from a blank look

Yeah he got the ten (Got the ten)

How did he get the ten (How did he get the ten)

While we're breaking under pressure

He's colder than the river

Perfect ten