Jacob Earl - The Grift Lyrics

All this time I was the snitch
Every day making the switch
Suspicions were on the nose
All this time, friends were foes

All this time I put on a face
The sympathy and empathy just a waste
I made it up; it was a clever lark
I kept you all in the dark

All these days I put on a smile
I haven't felt it in a little while
It's a force of habit now, the grift goes on
I don't know how, but I ain't doing it wrong

All these years I kept a secret
Wish I had a way to keep it
But spilling out at the seams
The grift shatters all of the dreams

Turn on the lights
But no one was there
Everything's empty
Everything's bare

Only notions will leave you dry
Like cracked dirt where the dead lie
No emotions in the cemetery
None of this nonsense is necessary

You can have the better half
Or you can be the riff-raff
The grift isn't meant to last
You have to choose to let go of the past

Turn on the lights
But no one was there
Everything's empty
Everything's bare

All these months felt like death
I lie a little under my breath
By the time you hear this, I'll be gone
Sometimes even a truth is wrong