The Heart Is Deceitful

Intro

(ah-ah) low roar, throat split

a single syllable that tears the skin

(ha) crawl under the ribs

(uh) uh-uh-uh

Verse

They told me trust the drum inside me

like a map that never lies

but there’s a rot in the compass, a smell behind the gold

it tastes like promises that break their teeth

I feel the marrow twitch—compulsion, hunger, false fire

a whisper that wants the keys, wants the fall

I reach for truth and get a counterfeit flame

(burn, burn)

Pre-chorus

I heard it sing like a savior, sang me into the dark

the tongue of my own blood taught me how to lie

Jeremiah said it plain — the wound within deceives

who can stand the thing that smiles and then betrays? (who?)

Chorus

The heart is deceitful above all things (above all)

desperately sick, it pulls the veil down (pull it down)

who can understand it? who can hold it? (who?)

don’t follow that liar — don’t follow that liar

The heart is deceitful above all things (above all)

desperately sick — (desperately, desperately)

who can understand it? who can trust it? (no)

don’t follow that liar — don’t follow that liar (ah!)

Verse

I learned to hate the taste of wanting

it twists like wire, cuts your resolve

I saw lovers march into cliffs with smiles on their faces

believing the drumbeat of ruin, believing the voice that says "more"

it promises rescue while building the cage

it builds altars on bones, calls it sanctuary

I spit its scripture back in its teeth

I spit it out — I spit and pull my hand away

(ha! ha!)

Pre-chorus

There’s a serpent in the chamber of desire

slick and patient, teaching grammar to my needs

it uses my language, my nostalgia, my mercy

and writes a treaty signed with my own name (signed)

Chorus

The heart is deceitful above all things (above all)

desperately sick, it pulls the veil down (pull it down)

who can understand it? who can hold it? (who?)

don’t follow that liar — don’t follow that liar

The heart is deceitful above all things (above all)

desperately sick — (desperately, desperately)

who can understand it? who can trust it? (no)

don’t follow that liar — don’t follow that liar (ah!)

Bridge

Clench the jaw, lock the gate, boil the want inside

teach your hands to refuse the map that pleads and lies

chant the verse until your mouth tastes iron

Jeremiah seventeen nine — repeat it, spit it, bind it (repeat)

(repeat) Jeremiah seventeen nine — the line across the wound

(ta-ta) break the glam of feeling, break the glam, break the glam

(uh, uh) do not step where that traitor points

Chorus

The heart is deceitful above all things (above all)

desperately sick, it pulls the veil down (pull it down)

who can understand it? who can hold it? (who?)

don’t follow that liar — don’t follow that liar

The heart is deceitful above all things (above all)

desperately sick — (desperately, desperately)

who can understand it? who can trust it? (no)

don’t follow that liar — don’