In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Tell me exactly, what am I supposed to do
Now that I have allowed you to beat me?
Do you think that we could play another game?
Maybe I could win this time
I kind of like the misery you put me through
Darling, you can trust me completely
If you even try to look the other way
I think that I could kill this time
Rah, rah
Rah, rah
It doesn't really seem I'm getting through to you
Though I see you weeping so sweetly
I think that you might have to take another taste
A little bit of hell this time
Rah, rah
Lie to me
Rah, rah
Lie to me
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now
Run for her life in the battle that ends this day?
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now
Run for her life now that she lied to me?
You always wanted people to remember you
To leave your little mark on society
Well, don't you know your wish is coming true today?
Another victim dies tonight
Rah, rah
Lie to me
Rah, rah
Lie to me
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now
Run for her life in the battle that ends this day?
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now
Run for her life now that she lied to me?
Is she really
Telling lies again?
Doesn't she realize
She's in danger?
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now
Run for her life in the battle that ends this day?
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now
Run for her life now that she lied to me?
The little bitch, she went and she told a lie
And now she will never tell another, a lie
The little bitch, she went and she told a lie
Never fucking lie to me
Now that I have allowed you to beat me?
Do you think that we could play another game?
Maybe I could win this time
I kind of like the misery you put me through
Darling, you can trust me completely
If you even try to look the other way
I think that I could kill this time
Rah, rah
Rah, rah
It doesn't really seem I'm getting through to you
Though I see you weeping so sweetly
I think that you might have to take another taste
A little bit of hell this time
Rah, rah
Lie to me
Rah, rah
Lie to me
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now
Run for her life in the battle that ends this day?
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now
Run for her life now that she lied to me?
You always wanted people to remember you
To leave your little mark on society
Well, don't you know your wish is coming true today?
Another victim dies tonight
Rah, rah
Lie to me
Rah, rah
Lie to me
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now
Run for her life in the battle that ends this day?
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now
Run for her life now that she lied to me?
Is she really
Telling lies again?
Doesn't she realize
She's in danger?
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now
Run for her life in the battle that ends this day?
Is she not right?
Is she insane?
Will she now
Run for her life now that she lied to me?
The little bitch, she went and she told a lie
And now she will never tell another, a lie
The little bitch, she went and she told a lie
Never fucking lie to me
Lyrics submitted by spitfirek7
The Game Lyrics as written by Dan Donegan Mike Wengren
Lyrics © Roba Music Verlag GMBH, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I can DEFINATLY relate to this song. I had a girl that I felt this way about. Although I never went through with the same outcome the song ends with, not a day went by that I didn't want to.
In the first part of the song, this couple is going to give the relationship another try after the girl wasn't faithfull. He's ok with the fact that she's already burt him once, but he's not going to let it happen again! He's pretty sure he'll "Win this time".
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In the third part, He tells her that he means bussiness and that it's time for stuff to happen. (tells her it's time to take just a little taste of the hell he can bring)
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Now, after all this, she lies (cheats) angain!!! He's baffled...how could she be so stupid..."doesn't she realize she's in danger".
...and so, in the last three lines...he does what he has to do...heh heh heh.
***side note: I'm sitting next to her sister in a computer lab right now. She's talking to a friend on the other side of her. There's Irony for ya
i actually AM the girl that lied to him and believe me when i say I AM SOOO SORRY!!
Somehow i have hard time beliving that...
Its about lying and a bitch.
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i thikn that this is a great song, it has an unexpected twist at the end....
I was with a girl that fucked me over with lies and shit and sang this song to her . . . it makes so much sense
I think the most important aspect of this song deals with lying. All lying does is maim and spread un-truths. The world would be a much better place if people couldn't lie.
Hey spliphstar we have the same b-day!
this is me and my last ex. he was a liar and i knew it-just trying to get something from me. but i let him, w/the intent of screwing him over in the end. he tried to play a game, so i played his game with him. i ended up leaving after he got most of what he wanted, but before i got to get him back. "i allowed him to beat me." all of the sudden he wants to come back. im straight forward this time- i wont bs and he shouldnt either. but he still lies. im not "getting through to him" he constantly condradicts himself and doesnt even remember his own lies. then makes up more to deny the lies hes caught in--you wonder- "is he not right? is he insane?" so this time im gonna play the game all the way through and win it too. but no matter how i warn him he doesnt get that hes gonna get it if he doesnt stop. im still not "getting through to him" but when im through with him he'll be sorry he ever lied to anyone. especially me-"never fucking lie to me"
AntipsychoticStar...I'm not trying to be rude, just honest...you're not too bright. That story has NOTHING to do with the song.
thats excatly what i feel for my ex-gf...........she had been lying to me for a whole year.well thanx goodness she is out of my life now.by the way its a gr8 song