Pretty Lies

Intro

Lie to me..

Keep going.

Tell me I'm pretty and how you love me.

Keep. It. Up.

Verse 1

You tell her that she's beautiful

Like you've rehearsed it in your head

You say that she's the only one

Then leave a thousand things unsaid

She watches every little pause

Between the words you swear are true

And wonders if you mean them

Or just say what you're supposed to do

Pre-Chorus

"You're perfect," written on her phone

But somehow she still feels alone

If love is hiding in your eyes

Why does it feel like alibis?

Chorus

Are they pretty lies?

The kind that sound like paradise

"You're all I need," "You're on my mind"

But she can't tell what's real tonight

Are they pretty lies?

Wrapped up in words she wants to like

If you don't mean it, let her go

Don't paint the truth in pretty lies

Verse 2

You tell her that she lights the room

That no one else could take her place

But compliments feel different

When they're followed by the same mistakes

She doesn't need another promise

That disappears by morning light

She needs to know the words are real

Not something whispered every night

Pre-Chorus

She's tired of reading between lines

Trying to decode every reply

If love is something you can't show

How is she supposed to know?

Chorus

Are they pretty lies?

The kind that sound like paradise

"You're all I need," "You're on my mind"

But she can't tell what's real tonight

Are they pretty lies?

Wrapped up in words she wants to like

If you don't mean it, let her go

Don't paint the truth in pretty lies

Bridge

Maybe she's been asking the wrong question

Maybe it's not, "Am I enough?"

Maybe love shouldn't leave her guessing

Every time things get rough

She shouldn't have to earn the truth

Or beg to hear what you don't say

If you really mean you love her

You won't make her doubt it every day

Final Chorus

Were they pretty lies?

All those words beneath the bedroom light

"You're beautiful," "I'll never leave"

Things she wanted to believe

Were they pretty lies?

Maybe she finally sees tonight

She doesn't need your words to prove

That she's worth something without you

Outro

So keep your pretty lies

She'll keep the truth tonight

Some words can sound like love

And still not make them right.