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Deception Lyrics by Dance Gavin Dance

Mothership

2016

[Intro: Tilian]
Better wake up before it's all gone
Better wake up before it's all gone

[Verse 1: Jon Mess, Tilian, both]
Half-wrapped in a leopard print sex swing
The beat is shit and I'm 'bout to make a new slang
If your momma was a bed of kites, then we could fly away
And fuck this night right
I feel the brick wall hit
You've never been me before
I feel the will I trick
Self-deprecation to settle the score
Here comes the reaper to erase what I've become
I won't be plastic, and neutered and numb
I won't be plastic, and neutered and numb
I won't be plastic, and neutered and numb

[Chorus: Tilian]
I couldn't help it, made me wonder
If you're the weight that pulled us under
All of it was make believe, all of it was make believe
And now I'm pulling back the covers
Thought I could trust you like no other
All of it was make believe, all of it was make believe
Deception

[Bridge: Tilian]
Cordial graces, smiling faces, back and forth
Antiquated, overrated social whores
I don't need you
I don't need you anymore
I don't need you
I don't need you anymore
And there's a code for people like you
Always keeping score
And you will never make me like you
Because I'm colder than before
You made me this way
You made me this way

[Verse 2: Jon Mess, Tilian]
Pay your debt, don't suffocate
If you're baking it, don't eat the cake (Code for)
If you're faking it, then show 'em bait
Don't be so disgusting
Like wind on the wick
I see the symptoms inside of your binges (I'm colder)
I checked that you were dead
I check then I got sucked in

[Chorus: Tilian]
I couldn't help it, made me wonder
If you're the weight that pulled us under
All of it was make believe, all of it was make believe
And now I'm pulling back the covers
Thought I could trust you like no other
All of it was make believe, all of it was make believe
Deception

About “Deception” by Dance Gavin Dance

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"Deception" appears on "Mothership" in 2016.

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