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WPA3-KCIA Radio · Single

Circle the Least Worst Lie

Jarrett Heintz · 2:40

  • Build It Right
  • Everything, A to Z
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Lyrics

  1. You ever stare at four wrong answers...
  2. and still get it wrong?
  3. Read it once, read it twice,
  4. Still can’t tell if it’s asking for advice.
  5. "Which is the BEST of these worst-case lies?"
  6. Oh cool — a trap with four alibis.
  7. They call it “risk” but mean “control,”
  8. They say “assess” when they mean “console.”
  9. Ambiguous phrasing, all wrapped in flair,
  10. Like a bureaucrat’s dare in solitaire.
  11. This ain’t a test, it’s a power trip —
  12. Word games on a sinking ship.
  13. Circle the least wrong, not what’s right,
  14. In the dark with a dull flashlight.
  15. Every key’s a twisted guess —
  16. Proof of “mastery” under stress.
  17. Experience don’t count tonight —
  18. Just guess what’s least un-right.
  19. “Which of the following is NOT a thing?”
  20. Oh, you mean the least false wording in this ring?
  21. "Select the exception" — oh what fun,
  22. With three right answers and... a trap gun.
  23. They say, “Look for patterns, the clues are there,”
  24. But the logic’s dressed in formalwear.
  25. A pageant of nuance, vague and cruel,
  26. Where knowing too much breaks the rule.
  27. But yeah, there are tells…
  28. In the marble maze.
  29. Little cracks in the wall,
  30. In the official phrase.
  31. Learn the code, play the game,
  32. Guess their bias, dodge the blame.
  33. And when you pass…
  34. You’ll feel ashamed.
  35. This ain’t a test, it’s a masquerade —
  36. A maze of verbs in a sharp cascade.
  37. What’s “most aligned”? What’s “least unclear”?
  38. Feels like I'm gaslit by my own career.
  39. Every choice a mental trap,
  40. Dressed up like a logic gap.
  41. It’s not what you know, it’s what you predict —
  42. A war of words with a grading tick.
  43. I passed.
  44. Don’t ask me how.
  45. Still don’t feel smarter.
  46. But I know how to lie to the answer key now.