Living With The Big Lie Lyrics - Marillion

It all began with the bright light 

The bright light and the noise 

The chaos of the senses and the scream of desire 

Touching and being touched 

A million loose ends to tie up 

Ticking of the clock and the cradle rock 

The colours stand still 

And then they move around 

Comin' in and out of focus upside down 

Empty winter trees 

How space feels 

Love of the soft ... the flowers and the sky 

One fine day 

The chaos subsides 

Bleeds into awareness 

And a lifetime of surprise 

The beauty of your mothers eyes 

The pain when you fall 

You drink it in and marvel at it all 

But you never really figure it out 

You get used to it 

The babble of the family 

And the dumb TV 

Roar of the traffic and the thunder of jets 

Chemicals in the water 

Drugs in the food 

The heat of the kitchen and the beat of the system 

The attitude of authority 

The laws and the rules 

Hit me square in the face, first morning at school 

The heroes and the zeroes 

The first love of my life 

When to kiss and to kick and to keep your head down 

When they're choosing the sides 

I was never any good at it 

I was terrified most of the time 

I never got over it 

I got used to it 

Alone in the city at seventeen 

With the hollow and the lonely 

The drowning and the drowned 

I was made to feel worthless 

The wretched and the mean 

Beat me up like a weapon I can't run away from or find a way round 

Holdin' on, holdin' on 

The greed and the missiles 

Exploding somewhere every day 

Hideous dark secrets under the sea and in holes in the ground 

The cold war's gone 

But those bastards'll find us another one 

They're here to protect you, don't you know? 

So get used to it 

Get used to it! 

The clash of religions 

And the loaded prayers 

Information 

The face of starvation and the state of the nation 

The sense that it's useless 

And the fear to try 

Not believing the leaders, the media that feed us 

Living with the big lie 

You get used to it 

Get used to it! 

It's okay, I got used to it