You kept the curtains closed
Said the light was cursed
Read horoscopes backwards
And always fearin’ the worst
Had the babysitter’s boyfriend
Sneakin’ pills out back
While you blamed the stars above ya
For another panic attack
You saw signs in the smoke from your cigarettes
Talked to red birds like old regrets
Chorus
Lyin’ like you always did
With your vinyl smile and that vodka grin
Said you’d change swear you never did
Just lyin’ like you always did
Had a crowd in your room but you died hid
Yeah lyin’ like you always did
Told stories out of sequence
Oh
And you were ten feet tall
Till the red came out and you’d burn them all
You’d charm a preacher curse a friend
Say sorry at the start then damn ’em at the end
You lit sage like it canceled sin
But no prayer could keep the cancer hid
Chorus
Lyin’ like you always did
With a deck of truths and you’d never win
Built your kingdom on a half lit fib
Still lyin’ like you always did
Kept the fire but you never kept the kid
Just lyin’ like you always did
Bridge
You lit the sage like it canceled sin
But no prayer could keep your cancer hid
Oh
And I want to tell them I do I do
If this is the bridge you’ll burn it like you always do
Smoke in your smile wreckage in your wake
Truth was a thread you were born to break
No second chances no goodbye kiss
Just fire where love was meant to live
Outro
Lyin’ like you always did
Your tarot soul and your manic script
Said you saw me but you never did
Still lyin’ like you always did
May the stars forgive what the blood never did
Oh you left us lyin’ like you always did