Bend It

I mean it’s less like actually lying

[Right]

It’s more like being select

[Yes]

It’s all a matter of trying to protect the innocent, right?

[Right]

It’s not as if you’re intending to make them out to be fools

All I’m proposing is bending those tight parental rules

[And that’s a job which calls for special tools]

You bend it, bend it

Truth can take it

Bend it, bend it

Learn to fake it

Don’t say I snogged my dishy coach

Adopt a more discrete approach

It’s all about the way you phrase it

Don’t twist the truth just fail to raise it

Think less in black and white

And more in grey

So keep a check on what you say

And be prepared to meet halfway

And if it’s deftly done then everyone stays friends

When everything, everything bends

[Okay, it’s not a question of hiding /no/

It’s how the facts are expressed. /right/

So really what we’re deciding is what’s best for everyone, yes? /yes/}

If certain facts are unspoken

[Then no one needs to invent]

The rules ain’t there to be broken

[Just maybe slightly bent]

The object is to throw them off the scent

So what can we be less revealing

Acquire the art of neat concealing

Don’t say your tastes incline to men

Say, ‘Have you met my flatmate Sven?’

It’s not about misrepresenting

It’s more a case of reinventing

It’s not the hand you’re dealt

It’s what you play

If you can vet what you convey

Then with a little luck you may by using make-believe

Deceive, achieve your aims

When everything, everything bends

Trouble is they think we’re perfect

Trouble is we so are not

Trouble is they must know something

Trouble is deciding what

So bend it, bend it

Keep them guessing

A tiny lie can be oppressing

But whatever one intends

Remember everything and everyone bends

Remember everything and everyone bends