You can tell us that it isn't serious
And you can tell us that you'll do it right
You can tell us that you've got it all worked out

You can tell us that it's all for us
But we know you're lying through your teeth
You can tell us that it's for security

And you can tell us it's for our own good
You can tell us that we wouldn't understand,
and you can hide behind your practiced grin

But we know you're lying through your teeth
You will bare the brunt of liability
It will be a stone around your neck,

drowning you in irresponsibility,
underneath the weight of your regret
You can sell our secrets for your benefit

You can toss our bodies in the ground
You can ship our children off to battlefields
You can wipe the blood from both your hands

You can tell us that it's indisputable,
as you throw away the evidence
But, we know you're lying through your teeth

You will bare the brunt of liability
It will be a stone around your neck,
drowning you in irresponsibility,

underneath the weight of your regret.