Song Description
In a minor key, this plaintive song describes how clearly a person's lies portray the truth in negative. The story compares the lies of a new acquaintance to the lies of a father and implies the inevitability of repeating the relationship.
| Song Length |
3:37 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Rock - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Moving |
Subject |
Lies, Loneliness |
| Similar Artists |
Natalie Merchant, Kate Bush |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Your lies are so honest
They give you away
They speak so earnestly
Of what you don?t want to say
My father always told me, ?Stick close to the truth,
So when they come looking, it?s so much harder to catch you.?
But your lies stray
So far from truth
That when I come looking
I can see right through to you
My father liked to show me, how to put one by them
And when they?d find out, we?d be far gone by then
Your lies, so honest, your lies
To seduce a liar
You need only see the truth
Nothing?s more seductive
Than being seen right through
When my father left he told me, he wouldn?t be gone long
If I had only followed, I wouldn?t have had to go it alone
Your lies, so honest, your lies