diff --git a/src/honey/sql.cljc b/src/honey/sql.cljc
index a1c275b..ea4fd40 100644
--- a/src/honey/sql.cljc
+++ b/src/honey/sql.cljc
@@ -563,7 +563,8 @@
         (into [(str "INTERVAL " sql " " (sql-kw units))] params)))
     :lift
     (fn [_ [x]]
-      ["?" x])
+      ["?" (with-meta (constantly x)
+             {::wrapper (fn [fx _] (fx))})])
     :nest
     (fn [_ [x]]
       (format-expr x {:nested? true}))
diff --git a/test/honey/sql/helpers_test.cljc b/test/honey/sql/helpers_test.cljc
index 034b716..d610e5f 100644
--- a/test/honey/sql/helpers_test.cljc
+++ b/test/honey/sql/helpers_test.cljc
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
          (->
            (insert-into :foo)
            (columns :bar)
-           (values [[:lift {:baz "my-val"}]])
+           (values [[[:lift {:baz "my-val"}]]])
            sql/format)))
   (is (= ["INSERT INTO foo (a, b, c) VALUES (?, ?, ?), (?, ?, ?)"
           "a" "b" "c" "a" "b" "c"]