“Beauty Is a Lie” is the latest single to be taken from Áine Cahill’s upcoming debut album. It is also her first to be released on a major label after signing with East West Records (a division of Warner Music UK) in late 2017. Inspired by a tattoo on her arm she got when she was 17, the idea for th...
[Verse 1]
Lenses, out of focus
Edits, everyone
Pretending, we’re not broken but the
Truth is, we’re all mixing
Pigments, filtering our fiction
To look like golden
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Living by the brushstroke
Of the rules that we can’t let go
Keeping up appearances
For people that we don’t know
[Chorus]
Smiling for the cameras
Flash floods on the inside
We all take pretty pictures
But beauty is a lie
Hide behind the canvas
Fear burns like a forest fire
We all paint pretty pictures
But beauty is a lie
[Verse 2]
We can’t be our own
Curators, we’re all imitators
Who can’t think for themselves
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Following the leaders
That will lead us to the front line
Only see the world
Framed by someone else’s eyes
[Chorus]
Smiling for the cameras
Flash floods on the inside
We all take pretty pictures
But beauty is a lie
Hide behind the canvas
Fear burns like a forest fire
We all paint pretty pictures
But beauty is a lie
[Chorus]
Smiling for the cameras
Flash floods on the inside
We all take pretty pictures
But beauty is a lie
Hide behind the canvas
Fear burns like a forest fire
We all paint pretty pictures
But beauty is a lie
Beauty Is a Lie was written by Jessica Sharman & Áine (IRL).
Beauty Is a Lie was produced by Courage.
Áine (IRL) released Beauty Is a Lie on Fri Jul 20 2018.