Switchfoot - Selling The News Lyrics
Welcome to the Holy City; the silver screenBuilt with a lens and a low self esteemA teenager's plea for meaning and memesWe're selling the newsSee, opinions are easier to swallow than factsThe greys instead of the whites and the blacksIf you shoot it too straight it won't come backWe're selling the newsSee, money speaks volumes louder than wordsAnd virtues with wings, maybe not quite at firstBut salaries are paid by the ads not the verbsWe're selling the newsSee, all men are equal; all is for saleA powerful dog has been chasing his tailThe lowest common denominator prevailsWe're selling the newsI wanna believe you, I wanna believeBut everything is in-betweenThe fact is fiction, the fact is fictionI wanna believe you, I wanna believeBut everything is in-betweenThe fact is fictionSuspicion is the new religionAmerica listens as the story is toldWith the eye on the truth as the story unfoldsBut the ratings determine which story was soldWe're selling the newsBegging the question, mongering fearsStroking the eyes and tickling earsThe truth is seldom just as it appearsWe're selling the newsI wanna believe you, I wanna believeBut everything is in-betweenThe fact is fiction, the fact is fictionI wanna believe you, I wanna believeBut everything is in-betweenThe fact is fiction, the fact is fictionI can see your talking headsOn the television setOn the Internet they saidThe fact is fictionSuspicion is the new religionSubstance, oh, substance, where have you been?You've been replaced by the masters of spinWho make good looking books and write history inWe're selling the newsThe lines start to blur; I get so confusedI get shiny new models mixed up with the bluesI get binary code mixed up with abuseThe facts are simply one option to chooseWhen nothing is sacred, there's nothing to loseWhen nothing is sacred, all is consumedWe're still on the air, it must be the truthWe're selling the newsI wanna believe you, I wanna believeBut everything is in-betweenThe fact is fiction, the fact is fictionI wanna believe you, I wanna believeBut everything is in-betweenThe fact is fiction, the fact is fictionI wanna believe you, I wanna believeBut everything I see is greenThe fact is fictionSuspicion is the new religion
