Harem to Hide

[[INTRO INSTRUMENTAL: ACOUSTIC, ELECTRONIC, darbuka, doumbek, and frame drums]] [[VERSE 1]] What if I told you that all this time I believed every story you ever told? Does that make me a king among fools Or just a man with hope in his soul? [[VERSE 2]] I’ve discovered the truth about words. Yours are the ones that come to mind. Take ‘em away and look at your actions, Boy, you’ve been robbing me blind. (robbing me, robbing me, robbing me, robbing me, robbing me, robbing me, robbing me blind} [[PRE-CHORUS 1: atmospheric pads, electric violin, shaker, finger cymbals]] [[CHORUS]] We’ve each got our own little history We sweep it with secrets and lies. It’s almost like living biblically, Each of us with a harem to hide. Harem to hide Harem to hide Each of us With a harem to hide, harem to hide [[VERSE 3]] I know for you, to lie is easier Than owning what needs to be said. Aren’t you sick of the insanity Keeping track of the lies in your head? (track down the lies, track down the lies, we're gonna track down the lies) [[PRE-CHORUS 2: Plucked string instruments—resembling oud or sitar-like timbres ornamented with slides and microtonal inflections, paired with deep, pulsing synth basslines]] [[CHORUS] We’ve each got our own little history We sweep it with secrets and lies. As if we're living biblically, Each with a harem to hide. Harem to hide Harem to hide Each of us With a harem to hide, harem to hide [[PRE-BRIDGE FULL INSTRUMENTAL: 16 BARS]] [[BRIDGE]] Is a fool really that foolish (who's being foolish?) For not knowing a lie’s just been said? Crown me the King of Fools (King of Fools, King of Fools) Grabbing for gold before he ends up dead. Grabbing for gold before he ends up dead. All that gold, glittering gold, filling up his bed. [[PRE-CHORUS 3: syncopation and patterns that evoke traditional Middle Eastern meters, metallic percussion, deep pulsing synth basslines and atmospheric pads]] [[FINAL CHORUS]] We’ve each got our own little history We sweep it with secrets and lies. As if we're living biblically, Each with a harem to hide. Harem to hide Harem to hide Each of us With a harem to hide, harem to hide We’ve each got our own little history We’ve swept it with secrets and lies. Swept with secrets, swept with secrets I can't take it anymore You're much better at handling it, But I can't take it anymore {{OUTRO: EXTENDED FADE]] We are living, we are living We are living biblically, You and I each with a harem to hide. Harem to hide Harem to hide Harem to hide Too many, too many, one too many secrets In this harem tonight The curtain walls are bursting and shredding As all the lovers break out tonight All the lovers break out tonight Let the lovers break out tonight The harem is no longer hidden The harem is seeing the light This harem is over, it's over, it's over This harem is over tonight.