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Lie Lyrics
Daybreak
at the bottom of lake
it's a hundred degrees I can't breathe
And I won't get out
'til I figure it out
Though I'm weak like I can't believe
So you tell me 'trust me' l can trust you
Just let me show you
But I gotta work it out in a shadow of doubt
'cause I don't know if I know you
Doing fine but don't waste my time
Tell me what it is you want to say
You sin, you win, just let me in - hurry
I've been out in the rain all day
So you tell me 'trust me' I can trust you
as far as I can throw you
And I'm trying to get out of a shadow of doubt
'cause I don't know if I know you
Don't tell me you wanted me
Don't tell me you thought of me
I won't, I swear I won't
(Did)
I'll try, I swear I'll try
(Lie)
Mother Mary quite contrary
Kiss the boys and make them wary
Things are getting just a little bit scary
It's a wonder I can still breathe
Never been much of a doubting Thomas
but nothing breaks like a broken promise
You tell me 'bout your two more coming
but once is just enough for me
I had gotten used to being a soul destroyed
She comes in apparently to fill the void
All dogs need a leash and
at least I'll forget it
And she would never hurt me though
she's never said it
But I'm not gonna ask her today
I don't wanna scare her away
Your town, I'm all alone
and I just can't stare at the phone
I wanna talk about lifelong mistakes
and you can tell your stepfather I said so
at the bottom of lake
it's a hundred degrees I can't breathe
And I won't get out
'til I figure it out
Though I'm weak like I can't believe
So you tell me 'trust me' l can trust you
Just let me show you
But I gotta work it out in a shadow of doubt
'cause I don't know if I know you
Tell me what it is you want to say
You sin, you win, just let me in - hurry
I've been out in the rain all day
So you tell me 'trust me' I can trust you
as far as I can throw you
And I'm trying to get out of a shadow of doubt
'cause I don't know if I know you
Don't tell me you thought of me
I won't, I swear I won't
(Did)
I'll try, I swear I'll try
(Lie)
Kiss the boys and make them wary
Things are getting just a little bit scary
It's a wonder I can still breathe
but nothing breaks like a broken promise
You tell me 'bout your two more coming
but once is just enough for me
She comes in apparently to fill the void
All dogs need a leash and
at least I'll forget it
And she would never hurt me though
she's never said it
But I'm not gonna ask her today
I don't wanna scare her away
Your town, I'm all alone
and I just can't stare at the phone
I wanna talk about lifelong mistakes
and you can tell your stepfather I said so
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Not wanting to give up on somebody who is a lost cause, but then realizing that they're worthless in the end. A deceitful, hurtful person who is willing to do all that they can to milk another person for personal gain. The person is depicted as a lover, who seems to come in and take all that this guy can give and then leaves him for dead. Chances are she lied about something extreme enough to cause a cut in ties eventually, though it looks like he gave her more chances than she deserved. Betrayal and loss of what was once believed to be a great ally.
YOU are my hero!! Great interpretation
YOU are my hero!! Great interpretation
According to KM, it's connected to the theme of The Mirror with betrayal and disillusionment the main theme. There also seems to be religious symbolism in the lyrics.
Gotta love the melodies at work!
I don't really have a whole lot to offer regarding the meaning of this song, but I do agree that it's thematically connected to The Mirror (which is a top-knotch song, so check it out if you haven't. I'm pretty new to Dream Theater and I bought Awake just the other day. I'm a bit disappointed with it though. Most of the songs on it come off pretty flat. Don't get me wrong - they're well written and the musicianship is superp, as with all Dream Theater stuff. It must be a production thing.
Maybe it has something to do with something that mike portnoy had done because of his alcohol habit that was in "the Mirror"
"I had gotten used to being a soul destroyed She comes in apparently to fill the void All dogs need a leash and at least I'll forget it And she would never hurt me though she's never said it But I'm not gonna ask her today I don't wanna scare her away Your town, I'm all alone and I just can't stare at the phone I wanna talk about lifelong mistakes and you can tell your stepfather I said so"
I how his "addiction to alcohol" has affected his life...but it seems to be veeery personal lyrics on this one
Great by james LaBrie to be able to sing lyrics that others had wrote like if they were his own...Just that's great to be a singer...and he sings really good oon this song and so do on the whole awake album...
I love the video to this song, it's so much attitude in it and in the solo to... (Isn't the video shot in Japan?)
I heard this song was written by Kevin Moore and KM said it was about something else, but it was really about how he hated his bandmates, and that's why he left right after this album.
Yeah Kevin Moore wrote that. That sounds interesting if it's true
Kevin Moore did write Lie. It could be about feeling betrayed and lied to in a relationship, or by the band. We'll never really know, but I'd put my money on this being his feeling towards the band.
Kevin Moore wrote a good amount of the lyrics and music on awake, and a lot of them seem to be about him leaving the band and having totally different musical ideas than the rest of them. He gave them the lyrics, they recorded it, then he left the band around tour time if im not mistaken. So they knew he would eventually leave the band (just read the lyrics to 6:00) but he wanted to make sure he had his final DT works down on this album before. He didnt really hate his bandmates, he just disagreed with them all the time.