I actually think that the chorus is supposed to be ironic and insincere. In the chorus, the singer is claiming that he's "sick of all the insincere" and doesn't "need another perfect lie," . . . but he's also asking the listener to tell him what they want to hear in the same verse. And in the beginning, he's clearly being dishonest - his life is boring and he wants something to confess, something to make him feel more real and exciting. So he lies and makes stuff up. "Come by it honestly I swear, thought you saw me wink but no."
Everything in the song belies that the singer's actually "sick of all the insincere." His desperation to know what the listener wants to hear, to not disappear, to send his album "straight to gold."
I actually think that the chorus is supposed to be ironic and insincere. In the chorus, the singer is claiming that he's "sick of all the insincere" and doesn't "need another perfect lie," . . . but he's also asking the listener to tell him what they want to hear in the same verse. And in the beginning, he's clearly being dishonest - his life is boring and he wants something to confess, something to make him feel more real and exciting. So he lies and makes stuff up. "Come by it honestly I swear, thought you saw me wink but no."
Everything in the song belies that the singer's actually "sick of all the insincere." His desperation to know what the listener wants to hear, to not disappear, to send his album "straight to gold."