This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Your, lies
Yeah
I didn't think that I had a debt to pay
'Til they came to take all I had left away
You said you wouldn't put me to the test today
But I remember you saying that yesterday
There was a time when your mind wasn't out of control
Every memory and confession pouring out of your soul
Like a pill you couldn't swallow and it swallowed you whole
Another lie hard to follow 'til followed you home
And like that
Broken down
A victim of your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You don't know
Why
You crossed the line
Wrapped up inside your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You're lost inside
That cold disguise
Behind your
Lies
I don't know what you thought I might say
Seems like we never would talk the right way
Every other minute I fought for my place
And drop what I made, and thought you might stay so
I'm guessing that you probably know
When your inside's hollow then you want to be cold
Like a pill I couldn't swallow and it swallowed me whole
Another lie hard to follow 'til followed me home
And like that
Broken down
A victim of your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You don't know
Why
You crossed the line
Wrapped up inside your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You're lost inside
That cold disguise
Behind your
Lies
You're faking, you're mistaken
If you think that you could climb out of this hole
Forsaken, what we take with
Analyzing by the power of control
Broken down
A victim of your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You don't know
Why
You hide behind
Lies
You don't know
Why
You hide behind
Lies
You don't know
Why
You hide behind
Wrapped up inside your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You don't know
Why
You crossed the line
Wrapped up inside your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You're lost inside
That cold disguise
Behind your
Lies
Yeah
I didn't think that I had a debt to pay
'Til they came to take all I had left away
You said you wouldn't put me to the test today
But I remember you saying that yesterday
There was a time when your mind wasn't out of control
Every memory and confession pouring out of your soul
Like a pill you couldn't swallow and it swallowed you whole
Another lie hard to follow 'til followed you home
And like that
Broken down
A victim of your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You don't know
Why
You crossed the line
Wrapped up inside your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You're lost inside
That cold disguise
Behind your
Lies
I don't know what you thought I might say
Seems like we never would talk the right way
Every other minute I fought for my place
And drop what I made, and thought you might stay so
I'm guessing that you probably know
When your inside's hollow then you want to be cold
Like a pill I couldn't swallow and it swallowed me whole
Another lie hard to follow 'til followed me home
And like that
Broken down
A victim of your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You don't know
Why
You crossed the line
Wrapped up inside your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You're lost inside
That cold disguise
Behind your
Lies
You're faking, you're mistaken
If you think that you could climb out of this hole
Forsaken, what we take with
Analyzing by the power of control
Broken down
A victim of your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You don't know
Why
You hide behind
Lies
You don't know
Why
You hide behind
Lies
You don't know
Why
You hide behind
Wrapped up inside your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You don't know
Why
You crossed the line
Wrapped up inside your
Lies
You hide behind
Lies
You're lost inside
That cold disguise
Behind your
Lies
Lyrics submitted by NocturnalDominion
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This is actually Qwerty.
This song is called QWERTY.
i think its mostly about knowing a big lie or somthin and tryinng to play along but things are getting to hard under the pressure of the lie or lies
No, Qwerty was the working title and live version of this song. The studio edit was called Behind Your Lies.
Is there a version that's not live?
on facebook there is a non live one.
yes, there is a studio version, qwerty was the working title, now will someone explain the meaning of this song? btw i would, but i really have no idea what is it about
i think its mostly about knowing a big lie or somthin and tryinng to play along but things are getting to hard under the pressure of the lie or lies
It's still called QWERTY on 8-Bit Rebellion.