What if you're the kind of friend I can't afford to lose

And what it it's just another quirk that I should excuse

We were taught as children that anger leaves us in the cold

And when it comes to loving your heart should blaze bright and bold

Don't kill the song with a strident rhyme

But numb the sting like a distant chime

We'll pick the lie we like the best,

Pick the lie we like the best

A feather punch to pacify

The bogeymen we magnify

we'll pick the lie we like the best,

pick the lie we like the best

And might you be the shadow I never recognized?

The core of me I hate to see, that other I?

We were taught as children that anger leaves us in the cold

And when it comes to loving your heart should blaze bright and bold

Don't kill the song with a strident rhyme

But numb the sting like a distant chime

We'll pick the lie we like the best,

Pick the lie we like the best

A feather punch to pacify

The bogeymen we magnify

we'll pick the lie we like the best,

pick the lie we like the best