Yes, your friends all let me know that I'd impressed you,
but they never asked me if I'd even tried,
and they never said outright how they detest you,
so I told them I was glad that they're on your side.

No, I don't know what inspired you to ignore me,
or why you thought it mattered in the least.
Ah, you don't know just how thoroughly you bore me
with the cannibals and the virgins at your feast...

CHORUS:
Lying To Pray, lost in a crowd;
with nothing to say you say it out loud.

No, I don't need your opinions or suggestions;
I have horoscopes and gypsies for advice.
You can turn to them for answers to your questions
when the feeling in your fingers turns to ice.

And I never gave you love that you would owe me.
And I never asked for anything at all.
But the only love you ever had to show me
is still frozen in the pictures on the wall.

CHORUS:
Lying To Pray, lost in a crowd;
with nothing to say you say it out loud.
Lying To Pray. Lying To Pray.

When the gifts they brought are left, and they desert you,
and their promises are every wind that blew,
if you look for me in vain--I didn't hurt you;
I'm afraid I just had better things to do.

No, I don't know what compelled you to betray me
for a mere handful of shadows on your face,
but I know that there is nothing you could pay me
that could ever buy the scar of your disgrace.

CHORUS:
Lying To Pray, lost in a crowd;
with nothing to say you say it out loud.
Lying To Pray. Lying To Pray.



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