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I Never Lied to You Lyrics
There will be shoulders pressing in the hall
And I won't know if you're here at all
There will be wine and drinking in the yard
There won't be anybody very hard
There will be lots of things that we can do
And all and more will be for you
Everything I knew I tried with you
But everything to you was never easy
So I went ahead around my world
I saw the things you do arriving by your side
To see you looking too
But I know this. I know, I never lied to you
It's been just like you're gone
For just one day for so long!
It's been so hard to bear with you not there
But though I think of you, the things you do
When I'm with you, to be with you,
To be alone can only think,
"Why I am here? What's meant to be?"
And I won't know if you're here at all
There will be wine and drinking in the yard
There won't be anybody very hard
There will be lots of things that we can do
And all and more will be for you
Everything I knew I tried with you
But everything to you was never easy
So I went ahead around my world
I saw the things you do arriving by your side
To see you looking too
But I know this. I know, I never lied to you
It's been just like you're gone
For just one day for so long!
It's been so hard to bear with you not there
But though I think of you, the things you do
When I'm with you, to be with you,
To be alone can only think,
"Why I am here? What's meant to be?"
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Someone mentioned in the youtube comments for this song that the lyrics describe heaven, which I think sounds right. It's like a variation of Laura Nyro's Stoned Soul Picnic, which also describes an afterlife celebration of peace and harmony in heaven.
In The Twilight World of Syd Barrett by -BBC Radio 4- Rick Wright recalls one moment in their United States tour with Jimi Hendrix where he lied to Barrett before going to a gig, telling him "Syd I'm just going out to pick out some cigarettes".
Barrett's I Never Lied to You is a relationship break-up song, be it lovers or friends.