Lyrics

Big White Lie
Green and Root 2020

When you can’t fact check what you read
Trapped in a bubble of false belief
The gates will open, follow his lead
Ignore every propriety

To rile you up when you have no truth
To lead you on when you’re being fooled
Inside these wall, these hallowed halls

If the color of your skin
Were a shade darker, lit from within
They would have cracked down, threw you on the ground
Marched the guns out, send you back south

They wouldn’t let you in when you had no right
You believed his lies when he told you to fight
To break these walls, these hallowed halls

If he said the sky was red
Would you believe it?
If he wore invisible thread
Would you retweet it?
It’s the big white lie

Can’t teach the children wrong from right
Can’t build a future on a lie
Follow a mad man with a knife
Splitting our nation, left from right

He stokes your fears when he has no right
You can see the truth if you open your eyes
Inside these walls, these hallowed halls
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If he said the sky was red
Would you believe it?
If he wore invisible thread
Would you retweet it?
It’s the big white lie