Anthony Hanible

Don\'t Lie

Gun to your head

Cold steel

Real feel

One choice

One voice

Don\'t lie

The barrel knows

The trigger shows

What fear can hide

What pride denies

Don\'t lie

Your tongue may shake

Your heartbeat break

Your knees may bend

Your breath may end

But don\'t lie

A lie is lead

Already spread

Through every vow

You\'re wearing now

Don\'t lie

Say what is true

Not what helps

Not what sells

Not what saves

The face you gave

Don\'t lie

The click

The tick

The split second dread

Of death unsaid

Still don\'t lie

Because a life

Built out of schemes

Dies long before

The body leaves

And every thread

You\'ve sewn in red

Unravels when

The truth is read

Gun to your head

Eyes wide

No place to hide

One shot

One thought

Don\'t lie

If truth\'s the cost

Pay every dime

Better wounds

Than wasting time

Better scars

Than borrowed skies

Better death

Than living

Inside

Your lies