Easier Than Lying
"Easier Than Lying" is the third track on If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey.
Song Credits
Written by Ashley Frangipane, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Johnathan Carter Cunningham
- Halsey: Vocalist
- Trent Reznor: Bass, Guitar, Programming, Samplers, Synthesizers
- Atticus Ross: Programming, Treatments
- Engineered by Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Mat Mitchell at NullCo Studios, Los Angeles, CA
- Vocals recorded by John Cunningham at Jagger Studios, Turks and Caicos Islands
- Mixed by Alan Moulder at Assault & Battery, London, UK
- Assisted by Tom Herbert
Credits adapted from cmgcredits.com/halsey
Appearances
- If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
Versions
Easier Than Lying
This is the only known version. The rhythm track heard during the verses seems heavily influenced by "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus.
Lyrics
I’m only whatever you make me
and you make me
more and more a villain every day
But you don’t know
you reap, you sow
Whatever you give to me,
from yourself you take.
Well if you’re a hater,
then hate the creator
it’s in your image i’m made
One eye open and one eye closed
Cause i’ll hang myself if you give me rope
I lost all my faith and lost all hope
That everything means anything at all
one eye broken and one eye bruised
Cause I gave myself away for you
you liar! you don’t love me too
It’s easy for you, after all
My heart is massive
but it’s empty
a permanent part of me
that innocent artery
Is gasping for some real attention
Some undivided hypertension
I tell it “quiet down, you’re being loud”
But it beats harder
every time you come around.
But do you love the sound?
I sleep with
One eye open and one eye closed
Cause i’ll hang myself if you give me rope
I lost all my faith and lost all hope
That everything means anything at all
one eye broken and one eye bruised
Cause I gave myself away for you
you liar you don’t love me too
It’s easy for you after all
Losing you is easier than lying to myself that you love me
Losing you is easier than lying to myself that you love me
Losing you is easier than lying to myself that you love me
Losing you is easier than lying to myself
I sleep with
One eye open and one eye closed
Cause i’ll hang myself if you give me rope
I lost all my faith and lost all hope
That everything means anything at all
one eye broken and one eye bruised
Cause I gave myself away for you
you liar you don’t love me too
It’s easy for you after all
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