I don't feel your love
But I don't ask too many questions
The words, they are too much
When you show me my reflection
[Pre-Chorus: Luke, Luke & Ashton, All]
When the sun goes down, we all get lonely
Watch me as I disappear
These empty sounds and endless stories
So tell me what I wanna hear (Thin white lies)
[Chorus: Luke & Ashton, All]
Killin' me slow with the words you wrote
The heart you broke, the heart you broke, yeah
Callin' my name, I don't wanna stay
But I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake (Thin white lies)
Just one more taste of you, my love (Thin white lies)
Killin' me slow with the words you wrote
The heart you broke, the heart you broke, yeah
[Verse 2: Luke]
You never call me out
You know exactly where I'm goin'
You got me by the mouth
She said she love me, she don't show it
When the sun goes down, we all get lonely
Watch me as I disappear
These empty sounds and endless stories
So tell me what I wanna hear (Thin white lies)
[Chorus: Luke & Ashton, All]
Killin' me slow with the words you wrote
The heart you broke, the heart you broke, yeah
Callin' my name, I don't wanna stay
But I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake (Thin white lies)
Just one more taste of you, my love (Thin white lies)
Killin' me slow with the words you wrote
The heart you broke, the heart you broke, yeah
[Bridge: Luke, Luke & Calum, All]
I don't think I like me anymore
Can someone tell me who I was before?
I don't really like me anymore
Anymore, anymore (Thin white lies)
[Chorus: Luke & Ashton, All]
Killin' me slow with the words you wrote
The heart you broke, the heart you broke, yeah
Callin' my name, I don't wanna stay
But I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake (Thin white lies)
Just one more taste of you, my love (Thin white lies)
Killin' me slow with the words you wrote
The heart you broke, the heart you broke, yeah
(Thin white lies)
[Outro: Luke]
I don't think I like me anymore
Can someone tell me who I was before?
I don't really like me anymore
Anymore
About
“Thin White Lies” is the 10th song on 5 Seconds of Summer’s 4th studio album, CALM.
The track shares theme similarities with the band’s 2018 single, “Lie to Me,” and explores themes such as unrequited love and relationship toxicity.
This song, alongside every other CALM track, was teased on the album’s Official Trailer in February 5, 2020. On March 23, 2020, members Luke Hemmings and Calum Hood also shared another snippet of “Thin White Lies” on an Instagram livestream.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
I love the groove in the chorus. We were going for a Cure thing on the guitar in the verses. My favorite lyric in it is “I don’t think I like me anymore.” It’s so honest, when you get to a point that you feel like a stranger to yourself—I like how this song captures that moment.
On a March 2021 Instagram livestream, drummer Ashton Irwin explained:
This song is totally deliberative of The Cure. For those that know my songwriting, I love The Cure, they’ve massively influenced my songwriting, mood, aesthetic and everything I go for graphically. I’ve always just wanted to be in a band that has a cult following, we listen to this music and we create this journey together that’s important to us, and we document our lives together through our music and our lyrics. So Thin White Lies is, stylistically, one of my favourite songs and is linking back to our earlier songs, like “No Shame”, “Easier” and “Teeth”, I think it goes in the same bucket.
- 1.Red Desert
- 2.No Shame
- 3.Old Me
- 4.Easier
- 5.Teeth
- 6.Wildflower
- 7.Best Years
- 10.Thin White Lies
- 11.Lonely Heart
- 12.High
