[Intro – gritty electric guitar riff, driving bass] Look at you Look at you Everybody’s watching But nobody’s fooled [Verse 1 – smoky female alto, conversational] You bought yourself a mirror That only tells you yes Got a room full of believers Who agree with every guess You walk around like royalty With your head up in the clouds Funny how a little money Makes the truth so hard to shout [Pre-Chorus – drums pull back] They tell you what you wanna hear And you believe it all But the higher that you hold your head The harder you can fall [Chorus – big melodic lift, strong backbeat] You’ve got nothing on Nothing on Got the whole world clapping While you carry on Standing so tall Putting on a show Everybody sees it But nobody says so You’ve got nothing on And everybody knows [Verse 2 – stronger groove, blues guitar fills] You wear your pride like diamonds And your promises like gold But a pocket full of pretty words Ain’t worth the lies you’ve sold You’ve got a crowd behind you But not a friend in sight They’re smiling for the cameras While you’re blinded by the lights [Pre-Chorus] They tell you what you wanna hear And you believe it all But the higher that you hold your head The harder you can fall [Chorus] You’ve got nothing on Nothing on Got the whole world clapping While you carry on Standing so tall Putting on a show Everybody sees it But nobody says so You’ve got nothing on And everybody knows [Bridge – stripped acoustic guitar, intimate vocal] Then a little voice spoke up From somewhere in the crowd Said what everybody knew But never said out loud No crown could make it true No gold could hide the lies And all the pretty people Couldn’t look you in the eyes [Final Chorus – full band, powerful female harmonies] You’ve got nothing on Nothing on Got the whole world clapping While you carry on Standing so tall Putting on a show Everybody sees it But nobody says so You’ve got nothing on And everybody knows [Outro – instruments stop, dry confident vocal] Funny thing about the truth… It don’t need dressing up.
