Songs About Lying Mega-Thread

[Thought Art]

Hey everyone,

I thought it would be cool to start a thread collecting songs which are directly about lying, or contain lyrics connected to lying. Please share the song from YouTube and include the lyrics. Here are my two contributions to get the thread started:

1. Rebellion (Lies) by Arcade Fire 

Sleeping is giving in
No matter what the time is
Sleeping is giving in
So lift those heavy eyelids

People say that you'll die
Faster than without water
But we know it's just a lie
Scare your son and scare your daughter

People say that your dreams are the only things that save ya
Come on baby in our dreams, we can live our misbehaviour

Every time you close your eyes (Lies, lies) [x4]
Every time you close your eyes [x4]

People try and hide the night
Underneath the covers
People try and hide the light
Underneath the covers
Come on hide your lovers, underneath the covers
Come on hide your lovers, underneath the covers
Hidin' from your brothers, underneath the covers
Come on hide your lovers underneath the covers

People say that you'll die 
Faster than without water
But we know it's just a lie
Scare your son and scare your daughter
Scare your son and scare your daughter
Scare your son and scare your daughter

Now here's the sun, it's alright! (Lies, lies)
Now here's the moon, it's alright! (Lies, lies)
Now here's the sun, it's alright! (Lies, lies)
Now here's the moon, it's alright! (Lies, lies)

Every time you close your eyes (Lies, lies) [x4]

Every time you close your eyes
Every time you close your eyes
Every time you close your eyes

2. Lies by Billy Talent

Forced conversation (Lies)
Hidden agenda (Lies)
You think we're stupid, how dare you
The rug has not been pulled
Over our eyes, you fool
We can see right through

Tip-toeing villain (Lies)
Eyes in the ceiling (Lies)
Your false intentions have worn thin
But we've been in your room
And in your closet too
We've got one on you

Lies make it better
Lies are forever
Lies to go home to
Lies to wake up to
Lies from the altar
Lies make you falter
Lies keep your mouth fed
Lies 'til your death bed, lies

Inside an office (Lies)
A fallen angel (Lies)
A smiling Buddha with snake eyes
Creates the latest trends
And I just can't pretend
Don't call me your friend

(Well all these)
Lies make it better
Lies are forever
Lies to go home to
Lies to wake up to
Lies from the altar
Lies make you falter
Lies keep your mouth fed
Lies 'til your death bed

Lies they make it better
Lies they are forever
Lies to go home to
Lies to wake up to
Lies from the altar
Lies they make you falter
Lies keep your mouth fed
Lies 'til your death bed, lies!

Lies will come back to hunt you
Bulletproof your limousine
Lies will come back to haunt you
Hit and run, a broken dream

Lies make it better
Lies are forever
Lies to go home to
Lies to wake up to
Lies from the altar
Lies make you falter
Lies keep your mouth fed
Lies 'til your death bed

Lies they make it better
Lies they are forever
Lies to go home to
Lies to wake up to
Lies from the altar
Lies they make you falter
Lies keep your mouth fed
Lies 'til your death bed, lies

Edited 3 hours ago by Thought Art

[Elliott]

    If I could turn the page

In time then I'd rearrange

Just a day or two

Close my, close my, close my eyes

But I couldn't find a way

So I'll settle for one day

To believe in you

Tell me, tell me, tell me lies

Tell me lies

Tell me sweet little lies

(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)

Oh, no, no, you can't disguise

(You can't disguise, no, you can't disguise)

Tell me lies

Tell me sweet little lies

Although I'm not making plans

I hope that you understand

There's a reason why

Close your, close your, close your eyes

No more broken hearts

We're better off apart

Let's give it a try

Tell me, tell me, tell me lies

Tell me lies

Tell me sweet little lies

(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)

Oh, no, no, you can't disguise

(You can't disguise, no, you can't disguise)

Tell me lies

Tell me sweet little lies

If I could turn the page

In time then I'd rearrange

Just a day or two

Close my, close my, close my eyes

But I couldn't find a way

So I'll settle for one day

To believe in you

Tell me, tell me, tell me lies

Tell me lies

Tell me sweet little lies

(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)

Oh, no, no, you can't disguise

(You can't disguise, no, you can't disguise)

Tell me lies

Tell me sweet little lies

(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)

Oh, no, no, you can't disguise

(You can't disguise, no, you can't disguise)

Tell me lies

Tell me sweet little lies

(Tell me, tell me lies)

Source: LyricFind

 

 

Song Details

 

• Artist: Fleetwood Mac

• Album: Tango in the Night (1987)

• Writers: Christine McVie and Eddy Quintela Mendonca

• Lead Vocals: Christine McVie

Edited 4 hours ago by Elliott

[Thought Art]

Can I believe you?
Can I believe you?
Can I ever know your mind?
Am I handing you mine?
Do we both confide?

I see it, eat through every word I sow
See what you need to, do you doubt it's yours?
Now I'm learning the ropes never get this close
I've been wounded before
Hasn't let me go

It never got less strange
Showing anyone just a bare face
If I don't, well, nothing will change
Staying under my weather all day

Can I believe you when you say I'm good?
I didn't need to when I wished you would
No, it isn't enough
Never held that much
Now another way up
Been a row too rough

It never got less strange
Showing anyone just a bare face
But if I don't, well, nothing will change
Staying under my weather all day

Lately I'm wondering too
What type of desire I can break
When I'm one way with them, one with you
What half is it of me rearranged?

Can I believe you?
Can I believe you?
I want to need you
I want to need you
Can I believe you?
Can I believe you?

[Thought Art]

No way
No way (wasn't me)
Baby, no way

Alright
Honey came in and she caught me red-handed
Creepin' with the girl next door
Picture this, we were both butt naked
Bangin' on the bathroom floor
How could I forget that I had given her an extra key?
All this time she was standin' there
She never took her eyes off me

How you fi give the woman access to your villa?
Trespasser and a witness, all the hacklin' a yuh pillow
You better watch your back before she turn into a killa
Best review the situation that you caught up inna
To be a true player, you haffi know how fi play
If she say, "A night, " convince her seh a day
Never admit to a word weh she say
And if she claim a you, tell her, "Baby, no way"

No way
No way
Baby, no way

But she caught me on the counter
Saw me bangin' on the sofa (wasn't me)
I even had her in the shower
She even caught me on camera (wasn't me)
Saw the marks on my shoulder
Heard the words that I told her (wasn't me)
Heard the screams gettin' louder
She stayed until it was over (wasn't me)
(Over)

Honey came in and she caught me red-handed
Creepin' with the girl next door
Picture this, we were both butt naked
Bangin' on the bathroom floor
How could I forget that I had given her an extra key?
All this time she was standin' there
She never took her eyes off me

Mek she know seh that she really n'ave no right fi vex
A never you she see a make the gigolo flex
A s'maddy else weh favor you inna di complex
Seein' is believin', so you better change your specs
You know she a go bring a wuleap a things up from the past
All the likkle evidence, you betta know fi mask
Quick 'pon yuh answer, know how fi talk
But if she pack a gun, you betta run fast

But she caught me on the counter
Saw me bangin' on the sofa (wasn't me)
I even had her in the shower
She even caught me on camera (wasn't me)
Saw the marks on my shoulder
Heard the words that I told her (wasn't me)
Heard the scream gettin' louder
Stayed until it was over (wasn't me)
(Over)

I'm gonna tell her that I'm sorry for the pain that I've caused
I've been listenin' to your reasonin', it makes no sense at all
I need to tell her that I'm sorry for the pain that I've caused
You may think that you're a player, but you're completely lost

Honey came in and she caught me red-handed
Creepin' with the girl next door (wasn't me)
Picture this, we were both butt naked
Bangin' on the bathroom floor
How could I forget that I had given her an extra key?
All this time she was standin' there
She never took her eyes off me (wasn't me)
(Over)
(Over)

Wasn't me

[Thought Art]

How low are you willing to go
Before you reach all your selfish goals
Punch line after punch line
Leaving us sore, leaving us sore

Absorbed in your ill hustling
Feeding a monster, just feeding a monster
Invasion after invasion
This means war, this means war

Someday you'll be up to your knees
In the shit you see
All the gullible that you mislead
Won't be up or it

Where to, will you relocate
Now that it's war, now that it's war

[Thought Art]

1. Ragged Wood by Fleet Foxes

Come down from the mountain, you have been gone too long
The spring is upon us, follow my only song
Settle down with me by the fire of my yearning
You should come back home, back on your own now

The world is alive now, in and outside our home
You run through the forest, settle before the sun
Darling, I can barely remember you beside me
You should come back home, back on your own now

You should come back home, back on your own now

In the evening light, when the woman of the woods came by
To give to you the word of the old man
In the morning tide, when the sparrow and the seagull fly
And Johnathan and Evelyn get tired

Lie to me if you will 
At the top of Beringer Hill
Tell me anything you want
Any old lie will do
Call me back to you

Back to you

Lie to me if you will 
At the top of Beringer Hill
Tell me anything you want
Any old lie will do
Call me back to you
Back to you
Back to you
Back to you
Back to you
Back to you

 

 

2. For Emma by Bon Iver

So apropos
Saw death on a sunny snow
For every life
Forgo the parable
Seek the light
My knees are cold
Running home, running home, running home, running home

Go find another lover
To bring a-, to string along!
With all your lies
You're still very lovable
I toured the light, so many foreign roads
For Emma, forever ago

Edited 2 hours ago by Thought Art

[Rafael Thundercat]

What is the point of this collection? 

[Olaf]

why is this in self-development and not in off topic? 

[Thought Art]

@Rafael Thundercat To collect songs that address lying. Sometimes in music and Art a lyric about lying can reveal truths about it. 
 

@Olaf Fair question. Mods can decide. I put it here because I felt it wasn’t purely off topic as lying, corruption, etc are part of personal development and the work we are doing. These songs could inspire contemplation, insight, or creativity.

We are swimming in a sea of lies right now. Might as well sing about it.

If people want it in off topic, I concede for sure.  

Edited 36 minutes ago by Thought Art