Was It a Lie? - Sleater-Kinney

The yard was cold and dark

The tracks were clearly marked

But she was tired, she didn’t see

She was just out alone

She wasn’t going home

She was going somewhere far away

The train was moving through

As we know the world has to do

Everyone will say it was her fault

Somewhere, a camera placed

Inside this awful place

The accident is about to start

Was it a lie?

Was it a lie?

Did it fill your head?

Did it entertain?

Will you feel alive at the end of it?

When the collision came

She died right away

Her body flung almost sixty feet

And as she split in two

Was she coming straight for you?

And do you have a camera for a face?

Was she your TV show?

Was she your video?

A woman’s pain: never private, always seen

I want to close my eyes

I want to cut the wires

I want a day not made for you to see

Was it a lie?

Was it a lie?

Did it fill your head?

Did it entertain?

Will you feel alive at the end of it?

When you play it back to me, it feels more like a parody

Now, it’s all I will ever be

That’s all I will ever be

(You broadcast it in 50 states)

I really don’t care about it

(Looped her death on the internet)

I don’t care if it’s cold

(And a woman’s life got cheaper that day)

Now, I want to be the prettiest wreck you’ve seen

(A woman’s life got cheaper that day)

Did it fill your head?

Did it entertain?

Will you feel alive at the end of it?