[Silence]
[Instrumental – Muted Piano, Low Bass Pulse, Distant Tick-Tock Percussion]
[Intro]
[Soft Guitar Harmonics, Breathy Vocal]
Say it again…
But say it like you mean it…
(Where’ to begin…)
[Verse 1]
You walked in late with a borrowed line
Stitched together just in time
Eyes won’t hold, they drift aside
Like there’s something left to hide
Every word just slightly off
Like a mask about to drop
Too rehearsed, too clean, too fast
Like it wasn’t built to last
[Pre-Chorus]
I can hear it in your tone
You’re not standing on your own
Every pause gives you away
More than anything you say
[Chorus]
Makeshift alibi
(Why even bother to try?)
Makeshift alibi
(Enough to make me cry)
Paper-thin disguise
(Falling right before my eyes)
Makeshift alibi
(There’s no truth you can deny)
[Instrumental Break – Echo Guitar, Subtle Synth Swell, Tight Snare]
[Verse 2]
Now the story starts to bend
Every sentence needs a friend
Cover one, uncover two
Nothing’s lining up with you
Fragments falling out of place
Truth is written on your face
Even silence speaks out loud
Through the cracks you can’t cloud
[Pre-Chorus]
Every step you try to take
Leads you deeper in the fake
You can build it up so high
But it’s still a makeshift lie
[Chorus]
Makeshift alibi
(Why even bother to try?)
Makeshift alibi
(Enough to make me cry)
Stacking up your replies
(But they’re easy to deny)
Makeshift alibi
(A universal sigh)
[Bridge – Minimal Piano, Low Drone, Slow Tempo]
If you just said what was real
Maybe something we could heal
But you chose the “easy” way
Now there’s nothing left to say
[Breakdown – Whispered Vocals, Sparse Beat]
Try…
Deny…
But the truth won’t comply…
[Final Chorus – Full Band, Emotional Peak]
Makeshift alibi
(No more reason to comply)
Makeshift alibi
(Nothing left to justify)
All your words run dry
(Underneath a clearer sky)
Makeshift alibi
(Now there’s nowhere left to hide)
[Outro]
Let’s see the inside
[Soft Piano Fade, Ambient Air, Final Note Lingers]
I didn’t even pry…
Why the makeshift alibi…
(Makeshift alibi… bye… bye)
[Silence]
From the album “Stranger Than Fiction“