White Lies

Telling white lies so we can make it to the morning Telling white lies until the conflict is avoided Telling white lies to myself can usually cheer me up Or at least knock some sense in me Telling white lies to the one you love can keep that love alive Everyone you love will let you down And what? You're just supposed to talk it out? I've forgiven you but there's permanent damage now Forming fault lines in my psyche And any random thing can trigger an earthquake It's unlikely but it happens all the time Where I tell you that I'm fine 'Cause I don't want to bring it up again and burden you But I know, you know it's obvious I'm Telling white lies so we can make it to the morning Telling white lies until the conflict is avoided Telling white lies to myself can usually cheer me up Or at least knock some sense in me Telling white lies to the one you love can keep that love alive 'Cause everyone you love will let you down And I get it You've got a whole new group of friends And you feel more like yourself when you go out with them Oh, I can hear you now at another new brewery Confessing to each other your salaries And they ask what your boyfriend does for a living You try your hardest to explain me They pick up on your defensive tone They haven't met him yet, he's never home But he always sounds stressed out when he calls you from the road But he's just Telling white lies so we can make it to the morning Telling white lies until the conflict is avoided Telling white lies to myself can usually cheer me up Or at least knock some sense in me Telling white lies to the one you love can keep that love alive Might just save all man-kind So look me in the eye and do it 'Cause everyone you love will let you