A Beautiful Lie

30 Seconds to Mars

Lie awake in bed at night
And think about your life
Do you want to be different (different)
Try to let go of the truth
The battles of your youth
'Cause this is just a game

It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
So beautiful, beautiful
That makes me

It's time to forget about the past
To wash away what happened last
(Happened last, happened last)
Hide behind an empty face
Don't have too much to say
'Cause this is just a game

It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
So beautiful, beautiful
That makes me

Ohhhhhhh
Beautifullll
Ohhhhhhh

Everyone's looking at me
I'm running 'round in circles
A quiet desperation's building high
I've got to remember this is just a game

So beautiful, beautiful
(It's a beautiful lie)
So beautiful, beautiful
(It's a beautiful lie)
So beautiful, beautiful
(It's a beautiful lie)
So beautiful, beautiful
(It's a beautiful lie)

It's a beautiful lie
(So beautiful, beautiful)
It's a perfect denial
(So beautiful, beautiful)
Such a beautiful (So beautiful, beautiful) lie to believe in
So beautiful, beautiful
That makes me



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    if it's about global warming, like the previous person spammed the comments with, it's that global warming is a LIE, told to control us, because for the people who tell us these lies it's all just a game, they're in it for the money. Al Gore is the biggest hypocrite of them all, with his Nobel Prize and other awards, living in a 30 room mansion while he tells us to be ashamed of ourselves for just living our normal lives, and making hundreds of millions of pure profit from Carbon Taxing with his company Blood&Gore (no joke, that's the actual name of his company).

    please educate yourself and stop this nonsense.

    as for a more personal interpretation, I think Kruppz commented with some good points.

    ahlmannon June 11, 2013   Link

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