Aimee Mann - Living a Lie lyrics
Artist: Aimee Mann
album: Charmer
(James Mercer)
You can see yourself in the side mirror
Tossing your hair
If no one is there
Why do you care
Though I let you think there was no witness to
All of your crimes
I knew what you were:
A climber who climbs
(Aimee Mann and James Mercer)
I'm living a lie
You're living it too
Cause I live it with you
I'm living a lie
A lie I can't tell
So we wait for a crack in the shell
(Aimee Mann)
No one bears a grudge like a boy genius
Just past his prime
Gilding his cage
One bar at a time
For every open arm there's a cold shoulder
Waiting to turn
People to blame
Bridges to burn
(Aimee Mann and James Mercer)
I'm living a lie
You're living it too
Cause I live it with you
I'm living a lie
A lie I can't tell
So we wait for a crack in the shell
(James Mercer)
A girl comes around at a time when your ground
Is as shaky as leaves on a tree
Creating for you a persona or two
Or an out-and-out mythology
(Aimee Mann)
Now there's too many cooks but you like how it looks
When they're bowing and calling you "boss"
But the powers that were, were invested in her
And now winning means taking a loss
(Aimee Mann and James Mercer)
I'm living a lie
You're living it too
Cause I live it with you
I'm living a lie
A lie I can't tell
So we wait for a crack in the shell
You can see yourself in the side mirror
Tossing your hair
If no one is there
Why do you care
Though I let you think there was no witness to
All of your crimes
I knew what you were:
A climber who climbs
(Aimee Mann and James Mercer)
I'm living a lie
You're living it too
Cause I live it with you
I'm living a lie
A lie I can't tell
So we wait for a crack in the shell
(Aimee Mann)
No one bears a grudge like a boy genius
Just past his prime
Gilding his cage
One bar at a time
For every open arm there's a cold shoulder
Waiting to turn
People to blame
Bridges to burn
(Aimee Mann and James Mercer)
I'm living a lie
You're living it too
Cause I live it with you
I'm living a lie
A lie I can't tell
So we wait for a crack in the shell
(James Mercer)
A girl comes around at a time when your ground
Is as shaky as leaves on a tree
Creating for you a persona or two
Or an out-and-out mythology
(Aimee Mann)
Now there's too many cooks but you like how it looks
When they're bowing and calling you "boss"
But the powers that were, were invested in her
And now winning means taking a loss
(Aimee Mann and James Mercer)
I'm living a lie
You're living it too
Cause I live it with you
I'm living a lie
A lie I can't tell
So we wait for a crack in the shell
Other albums by the artist
Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture)
1999 · album
I'm With Stupid
1995 · album
Queens of the Summer Hotel
2021 · album
I See You
2021 · single
Burn It Out
2021 · single
Suicide is Murder
2021 · single
M.O.D.O.K. (Original Soundtrack)
2021 · album
Avalanche
2020 · single
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