[verse 1] You perjure yourself.. Till you can sleep the whole night through.. Call them false accusations.. Cause you’re too blind to see the truth.. You replay every memory Until the story starts to change Turn every sin into survival Like that absolves you of the blame [Pre-Chorus — SPOKEN WORD, NO MELODY, STRIPPED INSTRUMENTAL] [Spoken, low, cold, theatrical] Ladies and gentlemen of the jury... [Single drum hit] [Spoken, restrained, almost conversational] I'll be brief... [FULL SILENCE] [chorus] We all have our secrets We all have our lies We all have our reasons When we’re forced to testify We call the damage unintentional So the ruins are justified Everyone’s convinced of their defense So tell me What’s.. Your.. ALIBI? [verse 2] We tell ourselves we’re not perfect.. That our mistakes just mean we’re human.. But somewhere In between them.. We bury the real reasons.. One mistake becomes a pattern.. Until the pattern subverts fate.. Find any way to shift the blame.. When we’re too scared to hold the weight.. [Pre-Chorus 2 — SPOKEN WORD, NO MELODY, STRIPPED INSTRUMENTAL [Spoken, low, cold, theatrical] We’re here to address a jury of our peers [Single drum hit] [Spoken, restrained, almost conversational] We’d like the record to be clear… [FULL SILENCE] [chorus] We all have our secrets We all have our lies We all have our reasons When we’re forced to testify We call the damage unintentional So the ruins are justified Everyone’s convinced of their defense So tell me What’s.. Your.. ALIBI? [Bridge — STRIPPED, DARK, TENSION BUILDING] [Low, spoken vocal] There is no jury... [Single guitar riff] [Spoken] There is no judge... [Single guitar riff] [Spoken, slightly more intense] No one's coming to decide... [Single guitar riff] [Spoken, nearly whispered] There's nothing left to blame... [Two guitar riffs] [Long silence] [Spoken, almost whispered] There's... [Single guitar hit] [Spoken] No... [SCREAMED] ALIBI! [FULL BAND EXPLODES IN] [Final Chorus — MAXIMUM INTENSITY] We all have our secrets We all have our lies We all have our reasons When we’re forced to testify We call the damage unintentional So the ruins are justified Everyone’s convinced of their defense So tell me What’s.. Your.. ALIBI?
