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End To The Lies Lyrics
You sit around there telling stories
Taking chips from old past glories
I had never thought that you'd wake
A single left, choose
With some parts that you can't use
That's why I never liked your pity parties
You never really change like they say
Oh, you'll only become more like yourself
He thought he knew me back in the day
When I was down but now it's him crying help
You talk about me so much
That I think that you're in love with me
Yea, you do, it's true man, your busted
You talk about me to your friends
Or anyone with time to listen
You can never ever be trusted
You never really change like they say
Oh, you'll only become more like yourself
He thought he knew me back in the day
When I was down but now it's him crying help
End to the lies, end to the lies
End to the lies, end to the lies
Now you
You were the foreskin
I was the real head
You were the foreskin
You never really change like they say
Oh, you'll only become more like yourself
He thought he knew me back in the day
When I was down but now it's him crying help
End to the lies, end to the lies
End to the lies, end to the lies
End to the lies, end to the lies
End to the lies, end to the lies
Taking chips from old past glories
I had never thought that you'd wake
A single left, choose
With some parts that you can't use
That's why I never liked your pity parties
Oh, you'll only become more like yourself
He thought he knew me back in the day
When I was down but now it's him crying help
That I think that you're in love with me
Yea, you do, it's true man, your busted
You talk about me to your friends
Or anyone with time to listen
You can never ever be trusted
Oh, you'll only become more like yourself
He thought he knew me back in the day
When I was down but now it's him crying help
End to the lies, end to the lies
You were the foreskin
I was the real head
You were the foreskin
Oh, you'll only become more like yourself
He thought he knew me back in the day
When I was down but now it's him crying help
End to the lies, end to the lies
End to the lies, end to the lies
End to the lies, end to the lies
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Frontman Perry Farrell said regarding the song's meaning: "'End To The Lies' is about a composite of a--holes that I happen to know. It's about you know, you hear things on the street about yourself and you kind of hold your tongue, take your time, then you hit 'em in the face!"
I wonder if it's not exclusively about Eric Avery. He has quit the band multiple times and has been known to publicly trash Perry and the band. The whole band, including Avery, got back together in '09 for a tour with SSSC and NIN, but Avery quit again before The Great Escape Artist was written and released. "You never really change like they say, oh, you only become more like yourself." Perry hears about Eric's behavior and desire to be with the band, but when they get back together, Eric and Perry butt heads. Then he cries like a baby and quits again, talking sh!t about Perry and Dave. Dave Navarro has been pretty forthright about his feelings about Eric. "You were the foreskin, I am the real head." If you compare new to old Jane's Addiction, there is a clear difference. I believe that Eric is the difference. Eric is the foreskin. You remove the foreskin, the penis is changed, but you still have the head. Without Avery, Jane's Addiction is still Janes because of Perry.
The third line in the 1st verse might be "I am the red flag that you wave"
'When I was down but it's him crying help' Not flying hell.
Awesome song. My favorite lyric in it is:
Now you You were the foreskin I was the real head You were the foreskin
After all this time I really shouldn't be pissed off at what they've become. But I am. Why couldn't they have just left it where they did first time round, when it was perfect?
this is a mean song but i suppose Jane's has always been somewhat mean spirited. Let's face it - anger is an energy and what better muse to use than an old bandmate. Perhaps Eric should get paid for this. Perhaps he is - indirectly.