Let it Lie

Let it Lie - Common

Lyrics by：Karey Kirkpatrick/Wayne Kirkpatrick

Um where are you takin' me

Aha so many questions I think it's about time

I give you some answers

Wow what is this

You see Migo

There was a time when Yetis lived beneath the clouds

We were alive and we were thriving

Till we came across a crowd

Of Smallfoot that's right we used to live down there

But there were actions we could not forgive down there

And though they used a different nomenclature

Man or human they showed us human nature

A dangerous species that we approached with wonder

They attacked with their spears and their smokin' sticks of thunder

They called us Sasquatch they called us abominable

They chased us pursued us their persistence indomitable

We had no choice but to run and hide

Otherwise we surmised we were facin' genocide

So we climbed this mountain just to stay alive

You see we knew that up here Smallfoot cannot survive

So it was here the first law was written in stone

It was named and proclaimed as a truth to be known

Our world is an island

It floats on a sea of endless clouds

That's how it would be

And then we wrote more laws more rules to obey

For the sake of us all it was the only way

To protect us from all of the human ravages

Heaped upon us by those human savages

Now you know now you know now you know

Now you know now you know and new rules apply

Now you know now you know now you know

So it's best just to let it lie let it lie

Now you know now you know now you know

Now you know now you know and you can't deny

Now you know now you know now you know

That it's best just to let it lie let it lie

But my Smallfoot he's not like that

They're all like that tell me when you found him

Did he greet you with open arms

They don't care about us

They don't care about anything but themselves

Which is why we must do the same

If we care about our future

Wait we're below the clouds

Or so it would seem but look closer

Those aren't clouds it's steam

The stones are working

The stones

Every job and every task is pointless as it seems

All of it ensures that this important machine

Keeps turning and turning and spinnin' around

So those below don't look up and those above don't look down

And they'll look 'cause even if they hear of these atrocities

The only thing stronger than fear is curiosity

Now you know now you know now you know

So none of those stones are true they're all lies

Let it lie

Good lies to protect our world

But they need to know the truth

Oh do they

You feel emboldened by your noble quest to find the truth

I chalk it up to the naive innocence of youth

So let me share a secret

That you'll learn as you grow older

What's true or not true is in the eye of the beholder

So do you wanna prevent our own annihilation yes

Then our only goal should be to control the flow of information

Unless you wanna see the Smallfoot conquer and pillage no

Then protect the lie and you protect the village

Lives are at stake Migo your friends your father Meechee

She's curious and you know what they say curiosity killed the yak

So what do you want me to do

Tell everyone you were lying about the Smallfoot

But they've already seen it they they're not gonna believe me

You'll be surprised at what they'll believe

You think knowledge is power Migo

Now you know now you know now you know

Now you know now you know

Question is

Now you know now you know now you know

What are you gonna do with that power

Hmm