The Grift

All this time I was the snitch Every day making the switch Suspicions were on the nose All this time, friends were foes All this time I put on a face The sympathy and empathy just a waste I made it up; it was a clever lark I kept you all in the dark All these days I put on a smile I haven't felt it in a little while It's a force of habit now, the grift goes on I don't know how, but I ain't doing it wrong All these years I kept a secret Wish I had a way to keep it But spilling out at the seams The grift shatters all of the dreams Turn on the lights But no one was there Everything's empty Everything's bare Only notions will leave you dry Like cracked dirt where the dead lie No emotions in the cemetery None of this nonsense is necessary You can have the better half Or you can be the riff-raff The grift isn't meant to last You have to choose to let go of the past Turn on the lights But no one was there Everything's empty Everything's bare All these months felt like death I lie a little under my breath By the time you hear this, I'll be gone Sometimes even a truth is wrong