From the recording The Bird in My Chest
Lyrics
words and music by Gabrielle Louise
You can pretend
prolong this as long as your patience extends
but you know
what I know
this is the end.
We've drank all the wine
compensated with candlelight
but you know
what I know
A lie is a lie is a lie is a .
The magician's gone home
collected his cards and disrobed
wearing jeans and a cap
he now carries the costume
we have outgrown.
Killing off ghosts
Coming of age
Replacing the racing
with incense and sage.
The stars aren't aligned.
The cold has been cruel
the current is high
but Nature's Not a Fool.
We're coming up dry
there's no diamond left in the mine
just a portrait
of a painting
of an era gone by.
The newscasters smile -
a lie is a lie is a lie -
quaintly explaining the earth's misbehaving,
"it'll pass in a while."
Killing off ghosts
Coming of age
Replacing the racing
with incense and sage.
The stars aren't aligned.
The cold has been cruel
the current is high
but Nature's Not a Fool.