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synth swells in the background.) Yeah... Everyone’s an expert when the lights go out. Funny how the story changes once it hits the street. ### [Verse 1] Midnight dial, your name on the screen Tracing back the places where we shouldn't have been Now the neighbors got a script and they’re reading it loud Static in the signal, making faces in the crowd. I heard I was leaving, I heard I was gone I heard I was dancing in the dark 'til the dawn But if you weren’t there to witness the crime Why you spent a whole hour on my precious time? ### [Chorus] **Allegedly**—that’s the word they use When they want to tell a lie and never have to choose **Allegedly**—is the hotline now? Pick up the receiver just to show ‘em how To spin a little thread into a whole damn web While the truth is just a ghost inside my head. ### [Verse 2] Check the timestamp, check the receipts You’re building up a mountain out of empty sheets. The "source" is a friend of a friend of a ghost Posting up a caption for a Friday night toast. Was I at the table? Was I in the car? Or was I just a shadow at the corner of the bar? Keep the line open, keep the rumors on tap The way you tell it, it’s a beautiful trap. ### [Bridge] (Music drops out, just a pulsing bass) Talk is cheap, but the cost is high Watching all the facts go passing by. If the truth is the medicine, you’re allergic to the dose Funny how the ones who know the least act the most. ### [Chorus] **Allegedly**—that’s the word they use When they want to tell a lie and never have to choose **Allegedly**—is the hotline now? Pick up the receiver just to show ‘em how To spin a little thread into a whole damn web While the truth is just a ghost inside my head. ### [Outro] (The hotline ringtone sound, faint and distorted) Keep talking. I’m sure you’ve got it all figured out. Allegedly... (Fade out with a dial tone)