[Intro: Mike Shinoda] And he never lies And he never lies [Lupe Fiasco:] (uh, yea) He just sits, and watches the people in the boxes Everything he sees, he absorbs and adopts it He mimics and he mocks it And he hates the box but he cant remember how to stop it (uh) So he continues to watch it Hopin that it can give him somethin he can box with Or how the locksmith seen the boxes Locked in the box and aint got the combination to unlock it Thats why he watches, scared to look away Cuz at that moment it might show him what to take off the locks with So he chained himself to the box, took a lock and then he locked it Swallowed the combination and then forgot it As the doctors jot it all down with they pens and pencils The same ones that took away his voice and just left his instrumental, like damn [Chorus Mike Shinoda:] And he never lies (he never lies, he never lies, uh) And he never lies (uh, he never lies, he never lies, no) And he never lies (he never lies) Cuz he never said anything at all [Lupe Fiasco:] He just sits, and listens to the people in the boxes Everything he hears, he absorbs and adopts it Anything not comin out the box he blocks it See he loves the box and hope they never stop it Anything the box tell him to do, he does it Anything it tell him to get, he shops and he cops it He protects the box, locks it in a box when he goes to sleep But he never sleeps Cuz he stays up to watch it, scared to look away Cuz at that moment it might get stolen And thats the last of the boxes So he chained himself to the box, took a lock and locked it Swallowed the combination and then forgot it As the doctors jot it all down with they pens and pencils The same ones that took away his voice and just left his instrumental, like damn [Chorus:] And he never lies (he never lies, he never lies, uh) And he never lies (uh, he never lies, he never lies, no) And he never lies (he never lies) Cuz he never said anything at all, anything at all (he never lies, uh) [Interlude Lupe Fiasco:] And you cant tell me just who you are You by new clothes just to hide those scars You build that roof just to hide those stars Now you cant take it back to the start x2 [Chorus:] And he never lies (he never lies, he never lies, uh) And he never lies (uh, he never lies, he never lies, no) And he never lies (he never lies) Cuz he never said anything at all, anything at all [fading out:] And you cant tell me just who you are You by new clothes just to hide those scars You build that roof just to hide those stars Now you cant take it back to the start [x3]
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