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A lot of the Avett Brother’s work deals with memory and the past and the ways they react to it. The Weight of Lies is about the inevitability of the past catching up to you, yet stands in contrast to a song like “Tear Down the House” in how they handle that revelation.
[Verse 1]
Disappear from your hometown
Go and find the people that you know
Show them all you good parts
Leave town when bad ones start to show
Go and wed a woman
A pretty girl that you've never met
Make sure she knows you love her well
But don't make any other promises
[Chorus]
The weight of lies will bring you down
And follow you to every town
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
So when you run make sure you run
To something and not away from
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere
[Verse 2]
I once heard the worse thing
A man can do is draw a hungry crowd
Tell everyone his name, pride, and confidence
But leaving out his doubt
I'm not sure I bought those words
When I was young I knew most everything
These words have never meant so much to anyone
As they now mean to me
[Chorus]
The weight of lies will bring you down
And follow you to every town
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
So when you run make sure you run
To something and not away from
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you down
The Weight of Lies was written by The Avett Brothers.
The Weight of Lies was produced by Seth Avett & Scott Avett.
The Avett Brothers released The Weight of Lies on Tue May 15 2007.