Lyric Paper Lies

(Music: Marillion Lyrics: Steve Hogarth & John Helmer)

When you look into the mirror
Do you see a face you hardly recognise
If you look into the sun too long
Do the things you see begin to burn your eyes

Paper lies

Just to express what he s thinking
Must a man take all the mail will bring?
Are we living only for today
It s a sign of the times ... we believe anything ... and nothing

Paper lies

When you kill the truth
You can make a killing
You might just make losing look like winning

You came to tell the people what s goin on
But nobody knows whose side you re on
Seems like you re sailin pretty close to the wind again

Paper lies

You have already won a prize!

I know something that you don t know
Something that you ought to know
It s burning a hole in my pocket book
Listen ... do you want to know a secret?
We can print our own money here
If you let us do a piece on you
We can take you to pieces

When you look into the money do you see a face you hardly recognise?
When you get behind the news of the world do the things you find begin to bend your mind?

Paper lies

Why don t ya let us take a piece outta you?