It's True (It's A Lie)

by King Mixer

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A photograph is both the truth and a lie at once, capturing a moment in time, capturing what WAS true.
Time is elastic. Life is always in flux.
A photo can never be 'what is so', only what was. A moment.

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If I had taken time to listen to you
Would I’ve seen the signs of what it all came to
If I had read your mind it might’ve come true
Before you realized what was happening to you

I’m talking about the time it was ‘how do you do?’
Struggling for a line we could both hold on to
Stayin' up all night and wondering if it’s cool
The stars up in the sky offering you

Were they offering a lie?

Still I’m thinking about how it all effects you
It hurts so bad - was it good for you, too?
Breaking up the ties - all wrapped up in youth
And making up your mind we should call it a truce

But I will live a lie - and say it’s cool
I will live a lie - and say it’s true

If you change your mind
I will change, too
I won’t try to fight
For keeping us from coming unglued
I’ll tell the world I’m fine when I see him with you
But still it hits me right
When I least expect it to

But I will live a lie
And say it’s cool
I will live a lie
When I say it’s true

The stars up in the sky
Say that you’re hurting, too
But they don’t tell me why
I just couldn’t stay with you

But I will live a lie
And say it’s cool
I will live a lie
And say it’s true

I will live a lie
And say it’s true

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released May 24, 2022
©2022 Soothing Throat Discs/Eric Howell Music all rights reserved.

Written & Produced by King Mixer

King Mixer: Vocals, acoustic & electric guitar & keyboards

Art Design: King Mixer
Photo: Bill Humecke

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King Mixer Chicago, Illinois

King Mixer is both musical ensemble and performing alias of Chicago singer/songwriterEric Howell. LP studio guests feature members of Smoking Popes, NRBQ, BoDeans and Off Broadway. At a moment when guitars are fighting for a place in modern music King Mixer offers up deliberately schizophrenic rock, which grows more satisfying with each genre-defying turn, written and produced by Howell. ... more

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