{"id":56581,"date":"2026-11-05T17:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=56581"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:07:41","slug":"what-lies-in-the-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/11\/05\/what-lies-in-the-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"What Lies in the Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nBlowin&#8217; smoke, to make a screen<br \/>\nA polished story, a crooked scene<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s telling truth? Who&#8217;s telling tales?<br \/>\nWhen justice knocks, who tips the scales?<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nA lie can dress itself in gold<br \/>\nA half-truth bought, a story sold<br \/>\nSlap on spin, a thinly veiled disguise<br \/>\nA thousand ways to fool the eyes  <\/p>\n<p>But facts don&#8217;t care who tells the tale<br \/>\nThe truth can stand when stories fail<br \/>\nYou can twist the words, rewrite the past<br \/>\nBut sooner or later, the truth holds fast  <\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nWhat lies in the truth is&#8230;<br \/>\n(Justice)<br \/>\nWhat lies in the lies&#8230;<br \/>\n(Lies!)<\/p>\n<p>The scales will balance<br \/>\n(Determine truth and deliver fairness)<br \/>\nAt it&#8217;s best&#8230;<br \/>\n(Justice is blind, not heartless)<br \/>\nDare you to confess<br \/>\n(The blindfolded lady&#8230;.)<br \/>\nLooking out for the shady<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nThe scales don&#8217;t measure wealth or fame<br \/>\nThey don&#8217;t bend for a family name<br \/>\nNo special pass, no private deal<br \/>\nNo manufactured way to make it real  <\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nWhat lies in the truth is&#8230;<br \/>\n(Justice)<br \/>\nWhat lies in the lies&#8230;<br \/>\n(Lies!)<\/p>\n<p>The scales will balance<br \/>\n(Determine truth and deliver fairness)<br \/>\nAt it&#8217;s best&#8230;<br \/>\n(Justice is blind, not heartless)<br \/>\nDare you to confess<br \/>\n(The blindfolded lady&#8230;.)<br \/>\nLooking out for the shady<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWho benefits?<br \/>\n(Follow the money!)<br \/>\nWho pays the price?<br \/>\n(Not very funny!)<\/p>\n<p>Where&#8217;s the proof?<br \/>\n(Show the facts!)<br \/>\nWho&#8217;s accountable?<br \/>\n(For their acts!)<\/p>\n<p>No more hiding<br \/>\n(No more games!)<br \/>\nNo more blaming<br \/>\n(Other names!)<\/p>\n<p>The truth may sting<br \/>\n(The truth may hurt)<br \/>\nBut lies will bury<br \/>\n(You in the dirt!)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nWhat lies in the truth is&#8230;<br \/>\n(Justice)<br \/>\nWhat lies in the lies&#8230;<br \/>\n(Lies!)<\/p>\n<p>The scales will balance<br \/>\n(Determine truth and deliver fairness)<br \/>\nAt it&#8217;s best&#8230;<br \/>\n(Justice is blind, not heartless)<br \/>\nDare you to confess<br \/>\n(The blindfolded lady&#8230;.)<br \/>\nLooking out for the shady<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nBlindfolded&#8230;<br \/>\n(Not blind to being kind!)<br \/>\nBalanced&#8230;<br \/>\n(Not bought with wrought!)<\/p>\n<p>Justice&#8230;<br \/>\n(Not a game!)<br \/>\nTruth&#8230;<br \/>\n(Without a name!)<\/p>\n<p>What lies in the lies?<br \/>\n(Lies!)<\/p>\n<p>What lies in the truth?<br \/>\n(Justice!)<\/p>\n<p>Looking out for the shady&#8230;<br \/>\n(The lady&#8217;s got her eye on you!)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Hit]<\/p>\n<p>[Silence]<\/p>\n<p>[End]<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Social-Truth\/\">Social Truth<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums] [Intro] Blowin&#8217; smoke, to make a screen A polished story, a crooked scene Who&#8217;s telling truth? Who&#8217;s telling tales? When justice knocks, who tips the scales? [Verse 1] A lie can dress itself in gold A half-truth bought, a story sold Slap on spin, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","nfd_image_url":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56581"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56583,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56581\/revisions\/56583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}