The song is about how “honesty” can be used to say things not specifically about the person you’re with but that essentially do communicate your negative feelings towards him or her in a veiled fashion. “Don’t you want me to stay? Make a rocking horse getaway” he is given signals that the partner do...
[Verse 1]
Don't you want me to stay?
Make a rocking horse getaway
The radio says we're in for a fall
The TV says nothin' at all
Nothin' at all
Nothin' at all
[Verse 2]
Out of my window, it echoes my heart
I've been checking for change since the start
[Pre-Chorus]
Collide into me, I could do with a fight
Collide into me, 'cause it feels right
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
[Chorus]
Does the honesty deceive?
Try to find a way to leave this party
Take it out on me
'Cause all the honesty
Shuts this place down
[Verse 3]
Your bowling ball eyes have nothing to say
They knock me over again, anyway
[Pre-Chorus]
Collide into me, I could do with a fight
Collide into me, 'cause it feels right
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
[Chorus]
Does the honesty deceive?
Try to find a way to leave this party
Take it out on me
'Cause all the honesty
Shuts this place down
[Bridge]
The broken hearts of my neighborhood
Lay cast aside like dreams in Hollywood
With the boarded-up windows and the closing sales
[Chorus]
Does the honesty deceive?
Try to find a way to leave this party
Take it out on me
'Cause all the honesty
Shuts this place down
Does the honesty deceive?
Try to find a way to leave this party
Take it out on me
'Cause all the honesty
Shuts this place down
[Outro]
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Honesty was written by Tom Smith & Russell Leetch & Edward Lay & Justin Lockey & Elliott Williams.
Honesty was produced by Jacquire King.