I really freaking love this song because it holds a very deep meaning to me because I do tell these "white lies" to protect ones I love.
To me this song is about hiding something from anything or anyone. You tell these white lies to feel like you're protecting yourself and others until someone figures your lies out. The line "Build a safe haven from their what's and why's, we shelter their minds with ivory lies" to me means you've built your own safe space by lying where only you know the truth and you blind everyone by telling these white lies. The chorus "Oh, so much going on lying's my disguise, so innocent and sweet, thats what I adore, so much going on I don't think you're ready for" to me means you've made people around you become naive and not question your lies, and you like it that way. There's so many heavy things in your life and you don't think people can handle what you're going through. "What you don't know can't hurt you" means protecting everyone from knowing the truth and being hurt. I especially love the ending line "At some point, they figure out..." because I think it applies to everyone that you can't keep running and living in your white lies forever because eventually, someone will figure something out.
But that's just my interpretation ;]
I really freaking love this song because it holds a very deep meaning to me because I do tell these "white lies" to protect ones I love. To me this song is about hiding something from anything or anyone. You tell these white lies to feel like you're protecting yourself and others until someone figures your lies out. The line "Build a safe haven from their what's and why's, we shelter their minds with ivory lies" to me means you've built your own safe space by lying where only you know the truth and you blind everyone by telling these white lies. The chorus "Oh, so much going on lying's my disguise, so innocent and sweet, thats what I adore, so much going on I don't think you're ready for" to me means you've made people around you become naive and not question your lies, and you like it that way. There's so many heavy things in your life and you don't think people can handle what you're going through. "What you don't know can't hurt you" means protecting everyone from knowing the truth and being hurt. I especially love the ending line "At some point, they figure out..." because I think it applies to everyone that you can't keep running and living in your white lies forever because eventually, someone will figure something out. But that's just my interpretation ;]