I wish that I didn't have to see A confident as an enemy Common lies and the lines you cross Helplessly I can only watch Dodging words as they ricochet Honesty that'll never pay Your convictions I believe Like an apparition haunting me Now the truth is a ball and chain Holding my conscience to the flame It's covered up but still I know The secrets of a life your guilty of A smoking gun is what I found The dirt I have on you is the ground Oh, I'm buried under Trying to tread through sinkin' sand In your way, you know I can't stand What I thought was meant to be Is a broken heart weighing down on me Now the truth is a ball and chain Holding my conscience to the flame It's covered up but still I know The secrets of a life your guilty of A smoking gun is what I found The dirt I have on you is the ground Oh, I'm buried under Yeah, I'm buried under Ohhh, I'm buried under Can you fall for the wings of a dove When the clever wolf is the one you love? Now the truth is a ball and chain Holding my conscience to the flame It's covered up but still I know The secrets of a life your guilty of A smoking gun is what I found The dirt I have on you is the ground Oh, I'm buried under I wish that I didn't have to see A confident as an enemy