{"id":52577,"date":"2026-04-20T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52577"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:45:00","slug":"lie-after-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/20\/lie-after-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Lie After Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Instrumental \u2013 Soft Piano, Low Synth Pulse, Subtle Snare Tap]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n[Muted Guitar, Distant Organ, Slow Bass Line]<br \/>\nWords fall heavy in the air\u2026<br \/>\nBut none of them are really there\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nYou built your world on shifting sand<br \/>\nTruth slipping through your hand<br \/>\nEvery promise, every line<br \/>\nTwisted further every time<br \/>\nFaces change but not the game<br \/>\nDifferent words, same old blame<br \/>\nEvery answer breaks apart<br \/>\nBefore it even has a start<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nYou keep spinning what you say<br \/>\n&#8216;Til meaning drifts away<br \/>\nBut the echoes still remain<br \/>\nCalling out through all the pain<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nLie after lie<br \/>\n(You don&#8217;t even try)<br \/>\nTo say what&#8217;s true<br \/>\n(You never do)<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s time to come clean<br \/>\n(Know what I mean)<br \/>\nCome and be upright<br \/>\n(When confronted with the light)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nStacking shadows in the air<br \/>\nLike truth was never there<br \/>\nEvery word becomes a mask<br \/>\nHiding what we didn\u2019t ask<br \/>\nLie after lie<br \/>\nTill the reasons all run dry<br \/>\nNo more hiding in disguise<br \/>\nWhen the truth is in your eyes<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break \u2013 Rising Guitar, Echo Piano, Tight Drum Pattern]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nEvery story bends and folds<br \/>\nTurning silver into gold<br \/>\nBut the shine begins to fade<br \/>\nIn the mess that you have made<br \/>\nWhat you built can\u2019t stand for long<br \/>\nWhen the foundation\u2019s wrong<br \/>\nEven silence starts to speak<br \/>\nWhen the structure turns too weak<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nAnd the weight of what you\u2019ve said<br \/>\nEchoes louder in your head<br \/>\nNo more running from the past<br \/>\nIt was never meant to last<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nLie after lie<br \/>\n(You don&#8217;t even try)<br \/>\nTo say what&#8217;s true<br \/>\n(You never do)<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s time to come clean<br \/>\n(Know what I mean)<br \/>\nCome and be upright<br \/>\n(When confronted with the light)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nNo more hiding in the shade<br \/>\nNo more deals that you have made<br \/>\nEvery mask begins to fall<br \/>\nWhen honesty is standing tall<br \/>\nWhat remains when lies are gone?<br \/>\nCan you finally move on?<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus \u2013 Full Band, Driving Drums, Layered Vocals]<br \/>\nLie after lie<br \/>\nNow the silence tells you why<br \/>\nAll the fiction, all the disguise<br \/>\nFades out in a final sigh<br \/>\nLie after lie<br \/>\nBut the truth will still survive<br \/>\nEven after all your tries<br \/>\nIt\u2019s still there when everything dies<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n[Soft Piano, Fading Guitar Harmonics]<br \/>\nNo more lies to amplify\u2026<br \/>\nJust the truth you can\u2019t deny\u2026<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Stranger-Than-Fiction\/\">Stranger Than Fiction<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Instrumental \u2013 Soft Piano, Low Synth Pulse, Subtle Snare Tap] [Intro] [Muted Guitar, Distant Organ, Slow Bass Line] Words fall heavy in the air\u2026 But none of them are really there\u2026 [Verse 1] You built your world on shifting sand Truth slipping through your hand Every promise, every line Twisted further every time Faces 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