Pretty Little Lie

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Eighteen winters froze my face

Still eighteen after all these years

I count the centuries in scars

Beneath this porcelain veneer

They see a girl who never aged

They don't see what the hunger did

I traded something I can't name

The night I stopped being a kid

Pre-Chorus

And I know it's wrong

And I know it's sick

And I keep on crawling back to it

And I know it's wrong

And I can't quit

Chorus

So I wear this pretty little lie

Smile wide while I rot inside

I wear this pretty little lie

(Feed the thing I can't deny)

I wear this pretty little lie

Drain 'em dry then say goodbye

I wear this pretty little lie

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Pretty little lie

Oh-oh-oh

Pretty little lie

Verse 2

I was drinking long before the wine

Long before the cross was raised

Someone put this thirst in me

And I have never been the same

I tell myself just one more night

One more night then I'll be clean

But the morning never comes for me

I'm just the monster in between

Pre-Chorus

And I know it's wrong

And I know it's sick

And I keep on crawling back to it

And I know it's wrong

And I can't quit

Chorus

So I wear this pretty little lie

Smile wide while I rot inside

I wear this pretty little lie

(Feed the thing I can't deny)

I wear this pretty little lie

Drain 'em dry then say goodbye

I wear this pretty little lie

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Pretty little lie

Oh-oh-oh

Pretty little lie

Bridge

Cut me open see what's left

A hollow girl who can't confess

I bite down hard on my own tongue

To keep from saying what I've done

Cut me open count the years

Count the bodies count the tears

There's nothing holy in my veins

Just appetite and shame

Breakdown

I hate what I am

I hate what I need

I hate what I am

(Just let me bleed)

Chorus

So I wear this pretty little lie

Smile wide while I rot inside

I wear this pretty little lie

(Feed the thing I can't deny)

I wear this pretty little lie

Drain 'em dry then say goodbye

I wear this pretty little lie

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Pretty little lie

Oh-oh-oh

Pretty little lie

Outro

Eighteen forever

Eighteen and dead

Eighteen forever

Inside my head

Instrumental