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White Lies

from 10 000 by Emilie Kahn

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"White Lies probably sounds the opposite of what everyone would expect from a girl with a harp, which I'm sort of proud of. It's a grittier, harsher song about anger over being betrayed, where I get to pull as many strings as I can as hard as I can as it builds up at the end. " - Emilie Kahn

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-- Lyrics --

Oh his heart is bound somewhere down south
So I can’t understand a word that comes out of his lying mouth
I wake up to a warm room everyday
So I leave the window open and now things are gonna get cold
This is bound to get old

Time and time again you hold it in your hand
And I’m no more than a means to your end

I worked my hand to the bone
I whine, I bitch and moan but in the end I’m always right
I know you’ve said it all along, but I can’t tell the truth from your little white lies

I am just not cut out for this life
Not cut out for dog fights and red eyes and drinking every night

But I can play along like I can play this song for you
While she’s getting you off cause you can play along too
I’ll walk you through the steps, yes I will should you what to do
Seen it all before, now I’ll show you the door

Time and time again you hold it in your hand
And I’m no more than a means to your end

I worked my hand to the bone
I whine, I bitch and moan but in the end I’m always right
I know you’ve said it all along, but I can’t tell the truth from your little white lies

Why don’t you just go on back down home?
Cause me telling you off
I might as well be talking on my own

Cause I knew you were gone when I opened the door
I knew that you were done, I knew you were no more
Please don’t tell me so because I never asked you
But it doesn’t surprise me, I wouldn’t put it passed you

I can feel it coming, I can feel the hurt
Before you even say it, before you speak the words
Telling me I can’t, you’re telling me I’m wrong
Why can’t we just agree, why can’t we get along
Told you I’d do better, I promised I’d be good
I thought you said you knew, I thought you understood
Shout it from the rooftops but I don’t make a sound
Not a crack in the wall, not a dent in the ground

credits

from 10 000, released October 2, 2015
Emilie Kahn - Harp, Voice
Jesse Mac Cormack - Bass, Keyboards
Francis Ledoux - Drums
Kaitlyn Raitz - Cello

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Emilie Kahn Montreal, Québec

Montreal harpist Emilie Kahn is releasing Outro, the lush follow up to 2015’s 10 000. Formerly known as Emilie & Ogden, Kahn’s latest is a shimmering collection of indie pop teeming with adulthood’s melancholy. Outro is a fearless pop record from an artist determined to swing for the fences. ... more

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