With absence of your lessons The passion of your crimes Engulfed in heated fires Wet from the sweat of your nights endeavors Does it make any sense to come here tonight Oh they're trying to confuse you 'Cause nothing works quite right Surrounded by a secret Growing old with your lies You can't compete with it Where the phantoms reside Can't run away with it Those phantoms are your lies Haunted by voices from deep in your minds Locked in memories too painful to recall I want to know the truth Surrounded by a secret Growing old with your lies You can't compete with it Where the phantoms reside Can't run away with it Those phantoms are your lies With absence of your lessons Growing old with your lies You can't compete with it Where the phantoms reside Can't run away with it Those phantoms are your lies Surrounded by a secret Growing old with your lies You can't compete with it Where the phantoms reside Can't run away with it Those phantoms are your lies