[Verse 1]
Mug on the counter
Steam and silence
Sun on the floorboards
Dust in alignment
You said I’m stubborn
I said you’re right
Funny how the smallest truths
Cut the quiet
[Chorus]
’Cause pianos don’t lie
Not to me
Every worn-out key remembers where my hands have been
All the little ghost notes
Every almost-cry
I can fake my smile
But pianos don’t lie
[Verse 2]
I used to bend words
Around what I wanted
Calling it mercy
Really
I dodged it
Now it’s just breathing
Hands in my lap
Letting every hard truth land
Soft as it can
[Chorus]
’Cause pianos don’t lie
Not to me
Every worn-out key remembers where my hands have been
All the little ghost notes
Every almost-cry
I can fake my smile
But pianos don’t lie
[Bridge]
I don’t forgive myself in an instant
I don’t forget the weight overnight
But I can say your name in the daylight
And know I did my best by the end of the fight
[Chorus]
’Cause pianos don’t lie
Not to me
Every worn-out key remembers where my hands have been
All the little ghost notes
Every almost-cry
I can leave you in peace
With my head held high
I can turn
Walk away
’Cause pianos don’t lie