La La Lie

well... if you read between the lines of the chorus:

I've got friends who La La Lie Will help me pull through La La Lie La La La Lie The spaceman that can't get high I'm coming back to my girl by July Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Now, take out the La La Lie's and Yeah yeah yeah's... and it reads:

I've got friends who Will help me pull through The spaceman that can't get high I'm coming back to my girl by July

So, the Lie part, in my opinion has nothing to do with his friends, but, he is tying to cope with his girlfriend, so he's saying that his friends will help him through his difficult time.

He is the spaceman that can't get high (into the air or space, wherever... just UP) because his girl is gone, and he's so emotionally weighed down, he just can't seem to feel good and 'raise' himself to get better.

I think he's just seperated from his girlfirend for temporary, not thatthey borke up or anything, and the La La Lie is just a great 'jingle' and catchy part to add into there.

He's trying to stop obsessing over her by telling the listener that he's done with doing things associating with her:

"Guess what I'm done Writing your songs... book... {and} drawing your picture..."

Then after he says he's done with her, he then reminises something he does with his 'girl'

Well, I might be way off, but I know the La La Lie most likely has NOTHING to do with somebody lieing...

Enjoy, and I pray that I make sense to you.

//britt

well he was a leukemia patient....so maybe he was talking about his friend's lying to help him pull through it look at this line

Guess what? I'm done writing you songs I'm far too unstable to shadow I doubt that my doctors were wrong So wait by the palm tree, palm tree, palm tree

yeah...see and his sister was the donor that gave her bone marrow for his surgery idk i thought it was neat...but yeah i think that's what this song is about his friends lying to help him pull through the leukemia

I really agree with that, he seems to need a reliance on his friends, yet he feels he cant trust them because they "la la lie" and its "la la" to make it a kind of hidden under the surface "lie" i completely agree though.... I have the same problem with a friend and its all caving in on me and i just wanna turn round, and say "i'm done pissing around, this matters now" which i feel is what Andrew is saying.....

xxx

Actually it's "la la lie" throughout the song...never "la la la lie"

Anyway, I disagree that you can just dismiss the whole "la la lie" as a hook.

It's more like "I've got friends who will help me pull through." But the "lie" is one of two things as far as I can tell: Either he doesn't actually have friends to help him pull through, OR, the manner in which his friends will help him pull through is by lying--telling him what he wants to hear.

i don't agree that hes talking about his friends lying to him.

because when i saw him in concert last night before this song he said "this ones about good friends who help you get through the tough times.. i have them, and i hope you do too"

sooo i think that la la lie doesn't mean that his friends are lying to him..

i love this song lol it helped me through times with my friends, friends are fucking awesome most of the time.. but very rarely they are backstabbing.... but yes hes just talking about how he needs a break from his friends(/girlfriend?) who have been lying to him, and how he has done so much for them, but hes stopping all that now.. but he will come back to her soon because he cant stay away for too long...

anyways, i have no clue really, and i have the live version right now.. and when the lyrics here say "So wait by the palm tree, palm tree, palm tree" i hear.. " ( so wait by the ) Apothecary" lol or something like that.. does anyone else hear that? or just me

I hear the song as this:

Guess what, I'm done writing you songs You give up your job at the bank Proving money's not fun when you're gone So this is the first verse It's not very long But I'm ready to move on

Guess what, I'm done writing your book The ending got twisted around But for all of the hell that it took The electrical wires They're hung in the walls In the room that I rent now

Well actually, I've got friends who (la la la lie) Will help me pull through (la la la lie la la la lie) A space man that can't get high. I'm coming back to my girl by July. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right.

So guess what, I'm done Drawing you pictures. I'm dulling the day with a drink In a parking garage by the theatre . We met for a movie. Every scene was a sign. We made out through their meaning.

Well I've got friends who (la la la lie) Will help me pull through (la la la lie la la la lie) The space man that can't get high. I'm coming back to my girl by July. Yeah Yeah Yeah! Yeah!

Guess what I'm done Writing you songs. Far too unstable to settle I doubt that the doctors are wrong. So I'll wait by a palm tree. A palm tree. A palm tree.

I've got friends who who (la la la lie) To help me pull through (la la la lie la la la lie) A space man that can't get high. I'm coming back to my girl by July.

Well I've got friends who (la la la lie) Oh she'll help me pull through (la la la lie la la la lie) The song for a long goodbye. I'm coming back...I'm coming back to my girl. (la la la lie) Back to my girl. (la la la lie la la la lie) The song for a long goodbye. I'm coming back to my girl by July.

Hmm. Initially I thought the song was about how his friends have lied to him and his girlfriend has done something to upset him, but I am beginning to wonder if maybe it's about his friends lying to him saying stuff like "It'll get better" etc to help him feel better when they know that really his girlfriend is a b*tch and his situation sucks.

I figure this song was written before he found out he had leukemia but the part that goes "I doubt the doctors are wrong, so I'll wait by a palm tree" that leads into the chorus also made me think about how all his friends were probably trying to cheer him up when he was in the hospital.

ok first of all strungagnstthric is right with the lyrics - the main ones r wrong, and who ever submitted them should get them changed

also i agree wiht the last post, the la la lie bit is backup volcals and isnt sayign his friends lie, its just like singing 'do-dos and whoa-whoas'

the "la la lie" part is definitely not just a "jingle" or backup vocals... if it was that insignificant, andrew would not have named the song after it. hell, he would have just said "la la la" instead.

i agree with gaylordmfocker... i think he means that his friends are helping him pull through by lying and telling him what they think he needs to hear.