Counterfeits - Tenth Avenue North

Why can’t I get it through my head?

A screen can’t give what it promises

I keep on falling for the trick

Time after time and time again, again

I want the truth, I want the real thing

I want the genuine to hold to the light

In a world that keeps us faking

Illuminate, reveal what I’m chasing

It’s paper thin, only deep as skin

I’m done with it, counterfeits

In this land of milk and honey

I gave up love to chase my lust, oh yeah

I treated sex like it was money, yeah

And I could never get enough, enough

I want the truth, I want the real thing

I want the genuine to hold to the light

In a world that keeps us faking

Illuminate, reveal what I’m chasing

It’s paper thin, only deep as skin

I’m done with it, counterfeits

Lights, camera, action, make it hard to tell

What is imitation or simply for sale

Pleasure in pictures are promise to fill

But if it don’t cost me nothing, I know it’s not real

I want the truth, I want the real thing

I want the genuine to hold to the light

In a world that keeps us faking

Illuminate, and reveal what I’m chasing

It’s paper thin, only deep as skin

I’m done with it, counterfeits

It’s paper thin, only deep as skin

I’m done with it, counterfeits