[Silence]
\n[Instrumental \u2013 Muted Piano, Low Bass Pulse, Distant Tick-Tock Percussion]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\n[Soft Guitar Harmonics, Breathy Vocal]
\nSay it again\u2026
\nBut say it like you mean it\u2026
\n(Where’ to begin…)<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nYou walked in late with a borrowed line
\nStitched together just in time
\nEyes won\u2019t hold, they drift aside
\nLike there\u2019s something left to hide
\nEvery word just slightly off
\nLike a mask about to drop
\nToo rehearsed, too clean, too fast
\nLike it wasn\u2019t built to last<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nI can hear it in your tone
\nYou\u2019re not standing on your own
\nEvery pause gives you away
\nMore than anything you say<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nMakeshift alibi
\n(Why even bother to try?)
\nMakeshift alibi
\n(Enough to make me cry)
\nPaper-thin disguise
\n(Falling right before my eyes)
\nMakeshift alibi
\n(There\u2019s no truth you can deny)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental Break \u2013 Echo Guitar, Subtle Synth Swell, Tight Snare]<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nNow the story starts to bend
\nEvery sentence needs a friend
\nCover one, uncover two
\nNothing\u2019s lining up with you
\nFragments falling out of place
\nTruth is written on your face
\nEven silence speaks out loud
\nThrough the cracks you can\u2019t cloud<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nEvery step you try to take
\nLeads you deeper in the fake
\nYou can build it up so high
\nBut it\u2019s still a makeshift lie<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nMakeshift alibi
\n(Why even bother to try?)
\nMakeshift alibi
\n(Enough to make me cry)
\nStacking up your replies
\n(But they\u2019re easy to deny)
\nMakeshift alibi
\n(A universal sigh)<\/p>\n
[Bridge \u2013 Minimal Piano, Low Drone, Slow Tempo]
\nIf you just said what was real
\nMaybe something we could heal
\nBut you chose the “easy” way
\nNow there\u2019s nothing left to say<\/p>\n
[Breakdown \u2013 Whispered Vocals, Sparse Beat]
\nTry\u2026
\nDeny\u2026
\nBut the truth won\u2019t comply\u2026<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus \u2013 Full Band, Emotional Peak]
\nMakeshift alibi
\n(No more reason to comply)
\nMakeshift alibi
\n(Nothing left to justify)
\nAll your words run dry
\n(Underneath a clearer sky)
\nMakeshift alibi
\n(Now there\u2019s nowhere left to hide)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\nLet’s see the inside
\n[Soft Piano Fade, Ambient Air, Final Note Lingers]
\nI didn’t even pry\u2026
\nWhy the makeshift alibi\u2026
\n(Makeshift alibi… bye… bye)
\n[Silence]<\/p>\n