Testi musica - Okkervil River - The Stand Ins - Pop Lie

 

 

 

 

 

Sweetly sung and succinctly stated,
words and music he calculated
to make you sing along
(with your stereo on, as you stand in your shorts on your lawn)
get completely incorporated
by some couple who consummated
their first love by the dawn--
a falling star wished upon
that flashed in the sky and was gone.
And, mouths wet and blonde hair braided,
by the back room the kids all waited
to meet the man in bright green
who had dreamed up the dream
that they wrecked their hearts upon--
he's the liar who lied in his pop song.
The liar who lied in his pop song,
and you're lying when you sing along.

So here's to car seats so cruelly weighted.
And here's to faces already faded,
at the end of a day
when they just threw away
the only good thing that they owned,
and now they're
pinned down and strangulated.
But, at the food court, the float's inflated
and people line up to see
the man who dreamed up the dream
that they wrecked their hearts upon,
He's the liar who lied in his pop song,
the liar who lied in his pop song,
and you're lying when you sing along,
you're lying when you sing along.

Week by week it climbs up and comes on,
and we're feeling all right,
though we know it's all wrong.
I'm ashamed to admit that I cannot resist
what I wish were the truth but is not.
And I truly believe we're not strong,
and we'll sing until our voices are gone,
and then sing beneath that manicured lawn.