"The Weight of Lies" is a song by The Avett Brothers that appears on their 2007 album Emotionalism. The song features Scott Avett on lead vocals and guitar, Seth Avett on supporting vocals and guitar, and Bob Crawford on upright bass with either Scott and Seth on drums.
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Disappear from your home town
Go and find the people that you know
Show them all of your good parts
Leave town when the bad ones start to show
Go and wed a woman
A pretty girl that you never met
Make sure she knows you love her well
But don't make any other promises
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
I once heard the worst thing a man can do is draw a hungry crowd
Tell everyone his name, pride, and confidence
But leaving out his doubts
I'm not sure I bought those words
When I was young I knew most everything
These words have never meant as much to anyone
As they now mean to me
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 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
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
Emotionalism tracks[]
Emotionalism
1. "Die Die Die"
2. "Shame"
3. "Paranoia in B-Flat Major"
4. "The Weight of Lies"
5. "Will You Return?"
6. "The Ballad of Love and Hate"
7. "Salina"
8. "Pretty Girl from Chile"
9. "All My Mistakes"
10. "Living of Love"
11. "I Would Be Sad"
12. "Pretty Girl from San Diego"
13. "Go To Sleep"
14. "Hand Me Down Tune"
Bonus iTunes tracks:
15. "In the Curve"
16. "Tale of Coming News"