Tell Me Ten Words

I have to stop saying 'to be honest'

It's not a real defeat

To have to stop saying 'to be honest'

It's not a great defeat

No, no, no

Not such a great defeat



All these things that you don't know

It seems so much better that way

All these things that you don't know

It seems so much better that way



Can you tell me ten words that you'd use

To describe the world?

And tell me ten words that you'd use

To describe the world to people

Though people never seem to know

To people

Though people never know



The more I say the more I keep confusing things

That make me feel complete

So I keep lying to be honest

And it's not a real defeat

No, no, no

Not such a real defeat



All these things that you don't know

It seems so much better that way

All these things that you don't know

It seems so much better that way



Can you tell me ten words that you'd use

To describe the world?

And tell me ten words that you'd use

To describe the world to people

Though people never seem to know

To people

Though people never know



It's what you thought you are

It's what you thought you are

It's what you thought you are



It's what you thought you are

It's what you thought you are

(What you never thought you were)

It's what you thought you could be if you tried much harder

(What you never thought you could be if you tried much harder)



All these things that you don't know

It seems so much better that way