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Weight of Lies

I'm going to tell him that I want to record this. It's my favourite Avett Brothers song, and in a weird perverse way it's always been what I wanted to say to him. Because I've always had this feeling that he's been keeping a lot of secrets. The few times we've had some semblance of a real conversation, I always get these little bits of truth. I see right through him. And I see when the weight of lies - lies he's telling himself, bare down on him.

I wish I didn't love him. As a friend. Or more than that.

Weight of Lies - Avett Brothers

Disappear from your hometown
Go and find the people that you know
Show them all you good parts
Leave town when bad ones start to show
Go and wed a woman
A pretty girl that you�ve never met
Make sure she knows you love her well
But don�t make any other promises

The weight of lies will bring you down
And follow you to every town
Cause nothing happens here that doesn�t happen there
So when you run make sure you run
To something and not away from
Cause lies don�t need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere
I once heard the worse thing
A man could do is draw a hungry crowd
Tell everyone his name, pride, and confidence
But leaving out his doubt
I�m not sure I bought those words
When I was young I knew most everything
These words have never meant as much to anyone
As they now mean to me

The weight of lies will bring you down
And follow you to every town
Cause nothing happens here that doesn�t happen there
So when you run make sure you run
To something and not away from
Cause lies don�t need an aeroplane to chase you down

12:02 a.m. - 2013-04-13

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