❝ 𝙛𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 ❞
hi, it's me clara again and this time around i've decided to head forwards a new route in my songw...
written: april 22nd, 2022 revised and edited august 30th, 2023
fun fact: this is kind of "from the vault" song, as i dug the initial lyrics/concept from a year and 4 months ago, played with it and finalized it to create a masterpiece. ✨ voila ✨
1ST VERSE:
i wonder if you play back the missed calls like i do
everytime i'm with you, it's always a crowded room
always conversing with everyone but me
their voices are so loud, i can't hear a thing
they overpower your chords
and i'd shout, but my thoats too sore
what's the point when you won't hear me out
the kind of blockage that breaks me down
you're the kind of damage cut to the core
but i won't let you pull my strings no more
PRE-CHORUS:
i wouldn't dare overshare
so don't bid the amount
cause nothing will ever compare
to all the times you swore you'd be there
yet no where nowhere to be found
i'm tired of redundant rebounds
tell me, why weren't you around?
CHORUS:
a pretty face and pretty lies
that's all i see in front of me
a pretty face and pretty lies
will you ever know better next time?
2ND VERSE:
i heard the words you spoke behind my back
oh yes, i've heard it all
i tried to impress you
but all you ever did was paint me sad
i've peered past the white wall
yet found myself hiding in the bathroom stall
only afraid of what i might say wrong
you wouldn't understand what i feel
when our romance is dead rather than real
it's a well proven fact i refuse to conceal
PRE-CHORUS:
i wouldn't dare overshare
so don't bid the amount
cause nothing will ever compare
to all the times you swore you'd be there
yet no where nowhere to be found
i'm tired of redundant rebounds
tell me, why weren't you around?
CHORUS:
a pretty face and pretty lies
that's all i see in front of me
a pretty face and pretty lies
will you ever know better next time?
BRIDGE:
trust me, i want to believe better of you
i want to believe you're capable of change
and somehow that'll reverse all your mistakes
but i'm not sure that's a risk i'm willing to take
you don't feel like home, never did
and sure, my ignorance is bliss ( isn't it? oh, i'm sure it is )
but while i stood around and waited, you were out wasted
there's no cure for broken love that could save it
CHORUS (x2):
a pretty face and pretty lies
that's all i see in front of me
a pretty face and pretty lies
will you ever know better next time?
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i originally wrote this song last year in april and never published it because it was messy and didn't line up right just yet. i hadn't yet decided what was going to be a verse and which lyrics were staying. today, for the sake of my original story déjà vu, i decided to finally edit this song to fit properly nice in the standard pop song form.
this song isn't based on personal experience but rather a personal feeling? the lyrics are actually genius?? i can't believe that i wrote that.my fav line is " when our romance is dead rather than real, it's a well proven fact i refuse to conceal " and my fav part is the 1st verse. what is your fav line/ fav part of pretty lies?
