You're a Lie

Because Myles Kennedy is involved, this song could easily be a metaphor for drugs/booze or religion.

Now for a post that isn't about my personal link to the song. Hopefully people who thought my previous post was too long will read this, same for those who read my last post, hopefully this is also interesting.

In general this song appears to be about a relationship/friendship that was hurting a person. Once the person realised this, they also realised they didn't want/need this person in their life anymore. To save myself making two huge posts, I'll leave lyrics out of this one, just talk about each section in turn.

The first section of the song mentions how this friend/partner would constantly undermine the person. Everyday they would hear constant insults. Furthermore this friend/partner is a 'voice of reason'. To me this says that they weren't just a person they knew a little, this is the first bit to make me think it is about a close friend/relationship. Being a voice of reason, this person isn't just attacking them, they are logically saying things that they know will hurt the person, but maybe not bluntly enough to appear like an obvious attack on them. Maybe they want to make them less confident in themselves to take advantage of them? The part about them trusting them, and there being no one else again makes me believe what I mentioned about. Only adding that maybe this was the only person that they though they could trust with something, and the answers/replies they got made them doubt whether they were right.

The second section is obvious, they hurt and weakened this person. Now it's over, their time of doing this is ending.

The third section is the person saying their friend/partner was a lie, not really a person they could trust with anything. They wasted their time and trust with them. They now have either new friends/people to confide in/a relationship/can go it alone. But the point is, they have something else to save them. Something they can trust, the old person isn't needed or wanted.

The next section is them admitting this has left them weak, fragile. However, they aren't a fool, they are now careful about who they trust with anything. They've learned from the last person hurting them so badly. And now they can't hurt them anymore, they know what this person can do, and won't fall for it.

The two lyrics from the fifth section are saying, I thought you were there for me. It took me so long to realise that wasn't true at all. You were there for you.

Section 6 is already covered, I won't sit here and take this anymore. The person has moved on, gotten up and left the old friend/partner behind.

The seventh section is them telling the person this. Anything you can will make no difference, I stopped listening to you ages ago. I don't care anymore, my attention isn't focused on you anymore. You aren't who you say you are, you're not my friend but my enemy. And I will deny you the chance to hurt me again.

That covers it. Sorry for two huge posts. The lyrics in this song really connect with me, I hope these two posts, either and/or both of them have been interesting to read. And maybe helped you see the song in another way, if you interpreted it differently to me. Thanks for reading, and feel free to post lyric corrections if you see any. I didn't copy the other lyrics for this song I've seen as they had typos and obvious mistakes. Hopefully I haven't added any ironically here :)

The meaning to this, to me at least, was obvious and painfully easy to relate to myself the moment I first heard it. To me this is about a guy who used to love a girl unconditionally, he either does see the pain he feels because of her. Or he is unable to stop it/doesn't want to risk losing her by tackling it. This is him after realising how she treated him and made him feel. He's telling he doesn't need her to 'save him', he can live without her and wants to do just that.

"You're the voice of reason that I can't escape, you cut me down a thousand times a day." - This is how this girl made me feel, she'd constantly come to me when she was upset, get my hopes up that I had a chance with her. Then ditch me as soon as I had given her whatever she wanted. The voice of reason bit may not fit with my personal example, but the rest hit home straight away.

"I don't need you anymore" - At this point in the song this is just a reply to the first two lines, the guy admitting he doesn't need the girl anymore. As simple as that is.

"I trusted you, and there was no one else, all you did was make me doubt myself." - The one example that best fits this lyric (in my life, which was the first lyric to really make me go 'I could have written this about her') is this girl had just broke up with her boyfriend. She texted me asking how I was, we got talking. She said she'd been dumped, I tried to be casual about my replying, knowing how she got to me. We planned a trip to the cinema a few days later. Then she suddenly stopped texting, sent one text saying she couldn't make it. Then I found out through my friend her and her ex were back together. Not heard from her since. Simply put, it made me doubt myself. Why wasn't I ever good enough for her. Was I just a safety net when she needed cheering up, and she knew I'd tell her she was amazing. That shattered my self-confidence.

"Don't believe you anymore, don't believe you anymore." - This is how I feel now, I don't believe her lies. I know what she does, and I won't fall for it again, if she ever has the balls to try and come to me again.

"You bled me out, you tore me down, Your time is gone, you can go." - Pretty much that last bit again, she tore me down. She made me feel like nothing. Now I've had enough, I've got better people in my life, I don't need her. She can go.

"'Cause you're a lie, lie, all my faith has been wasted, wasted, 'Cause you're a lie, lie, I don't need you to save me anymore." - Again, similar to the rest. All the time I felt like she was my best friend, that I could trust her with anything, and that she cared. That was all wasted. I don't need her, I have better friends who are there for me. She is effectively a lie.

"I am fragile, but I am not a fool, I won't hear another word from you. You won't hurt me anymore, you won't hurt me anymore." - I've been hurt by her, so much that I find it hard to let people I don't know get close to me. I feel fragile, as if a small mistake with who I trust could break me. I'm not a fool sounds ironic reading this. I take it to mean that I know how well a person can act now. It won't happen again. You won't hurt me anymore is, again, me letting her know I won't fall for this again, she's out my life for good. Unable to hurt me.

"Your hands are here to tear me down, it's took so long now I know." - I felt that she was there to help me, the truth was she wanted me to help her feel better about herself, with total disregard for my feelings. And it took me way too long to realise that, but now I do.

"'Cause you're a lie, lie, I won't sit here and take this anymore." - I've had enough, it's over. I'm not going to just let her do this again, I'm moving on and leaving her behind.

"You can say anything that you wanna say, but my attention is long gone and turned away. You're such a lie, you are only my enemy. Everything you are I will deny." - Finally, (if there was one thing I'd tell her now, but I don't want to ever think about her again) this is the one thing that I would want to say to her, or send her. No matter what she could possibly say to me, it wouldn't make me forgive her. I stopped caring ages ago, I never think about her (apart from when songs like this make me go, 'This could be about her.'), I've turned away from her, I have new friends in my life, and hopefully a new girl, who I am trying to trust despite what this one did to me. I have no reason to ever think about her again. She's the enemy is obvious by now. She wants to stop me ever being happy. Finally, 'Everything you are I will deny' - This is me saying that I won't let her be the desperate, low person who uses others to boost her self-esteem when she is going through a bad patch. I'll try to deny her the chance to ever do this to anyone else.

Sorry this was so long and about myself more than the song. I hope people can see through this personal meaning, what I am trying to say the song means. Effectively that it's to someone you can now see for who they really are. I may put a general meaning up as I'm thinking about this song a lot now!

good song

Myles Kennedy is clearly a Christian. This song is referring to satan as the liar. He holds us back from the truth, which is in Jesus Christ. Satan deceives us into lust, hate, material possesion, greed, and lies. Upon being free from the shackles of deception, we can put our trust in Jesus Christ as King! Also listen to Alter Bridges lyrics about the Holy Spirit and a Christian led life! Creed also had Christian lyrics. That being said, I believe Slash may be a born again Christian as well! Hope this helps!