Faking The Books

I think it's religious.

This ain't heaven.

And everyone, religious beliefs aside, knows it.

I think this song is about lying to yourself.

This seems like a song in with the singer is feeling shame towards her lack of being true,

and her kind of saying that she'll fake being "true" until she can authentically?

i think it`s about trying again in a relationship, & the ups / downs. good song.

I've always equated this to falling in love with someone new in the wake of losing either innocence or faith in love itself. It's extremely cerebral, almost canonical. It pulls your soul into view, into self-examination. I first heard this song when I was falling for someone. Even though it didn't work, Faking the Books wasn't spoiled. It stayed with me. It's bigger than any one person.

I have always throught this had political undertones to it. Even the title suggests it to me.

i feel like this song is about, like a lot of people said, a relationship. but i think its about a passed relationship that you just cant quite get over and youre sitting around lying to yourself about the possibility of it coming together again just to get by on hope.

"Faking the books" is almost a concept. It starts with admitting that this is not heaven and therefore it's not necessary to put an unreasonable effort into trying to be true.

Does anyone know the word that's being said in the background? It's backwards haha and I can't figure it out.

What I got from this was a sense of covering up the imperfections of life. In a relationship, maybe she knows she's not in love, that it won't last, or that she's not ready for or able to be the person she's been trying to be.