Cover art for Little White Lies by One Direction
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Little White Lies Lyrics

[Intro: All]
If this room was burnin'
I wouldn't even notice
'Cause you've been takin' up my mind
With your little white lies, little white lies

[Verse 1: Liam, Louis]
You say it's gettin' late, it's gettin' late
And you don't know if you can stay, if you can stay

But you, you don't tell the truth, no, you, you like playing games
Your hands touching me, they're touching me
And your eyes keep saying things
They're sayin' what we do when it's only me and you
I can't concentrate


[Pre-Chorus: Niall]
That's all I'm thinkin' about, all I keep thinkin' about
Everythin' else just fades away

[Chorus: All]
If this room was burnin'
I wouldn't even notice
'Cause you've been takin' up my mind
With your little white lies, little white lies
You say you're a good girl
But I know you would, girl
'Cause you've been telling me all night
With your little white lies, little white lies
With your little white lies, little white lies
[Verse 2: Zayn]
Back seat of the cab, we're in the cab
My lips getting so attached, they're so attached
Now, you wanna make some rules
Now, cool, then we'll watch them break tonight

[Pre-Chorus: Niall]
I know what you want
And I've been waiting so long

[Chorus: All]
If this room was burnin'
I wouldn't even notice
'Cause you've been takin' up my mind
With your little white lies, little white lies
You say you're a good girl
But I know you would, girl
'Cause you've been telling me all night
With your little white lies, little white lies
With your little white lies, little white lies

[Bridge: Zayn & Liam]
I know you want it
I know you feel it, too
Let's stop pretending
That you don't know what I don't know
Just what we came to do
[Instrumental Breakdown]

[Chorus: All, Zayn, Liam]
If this room was burnin' (Burnin', burnin')
I wouldn't even notice (Yeah)
'Cause you've been takin' up my mind (Taking up my mind; With your)
With your little white lies, little white lies (Little white lies)
You say you're a good girl (A good girl; Good girl)
But I know you would, girl (Know you would, girl)
'Cause you've been telling me all night (All night; With your)
With your little white lies, little white lies (Little white lies, with your)
With your little white lies, little white lies

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Little White Lies is the 13th track on One Direction’s album Midnight Memories. It’s one of the multiple songs written by Louis and Liam. The song continues the boys' transition from pop to a more rock-style music.
The song seems to be about being so in love with someone that you can’t even focus on anything else when they are near you.

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