Do you think you′d like me, or would you turn and walk away fast

If I told you from whence, I came and all the sordid details

Of my inglorious past, I tell you why I'm afraid

Would you leave me for dead, or would you come to my aid?

If I don′t tell you some pretty words

Should it keep you coming my way

I never meant to lie, but there are things we do and say to get by

Little white lies, a small surprise, how big they grow in size

It all starts simple enough

Your present is dark because your childhood was rough

So you shed your skin and you change your name in the hopes of

Putting air in between you and the pain, so grab a mask

Fill up a flask, slither like a snake into the mascaraed

Now you've come so far, you feel like a star

You hope they never figure out who you really are

I never meant to lie, but there are things we do and say to get by

Little white lies, a small surprise, how big they grow in size

I never meant to lie, but there are things we do and say to get by

Little white lies, we tell ourselves like everything alright

I'm just a snake in the wall, but (just a snake in the wall)

It′s a wall you walk by and (it′s a wall you walk)

If I say the right words, then (if I say the right words)

You're gonna be mine

I never meant to lie, but there are things we do and say to get by

Little white lies, a small surprise, how big they grow in size

I never meant to lie, but there are things we do and say to get by

Little white lies, we tell ourselves like everything alright

I never meant lie but, I never meant lie but, I never meant lie but

I guess I had to lie