Lie To Me

He's practically begging to his lover to make him a blind believer about her love and loyalty, no matter how false she can sound to his 'innocent' ears. He chose to be naive for not disappointing himself about her. A nut choice, I would say, but it's a fact that many people have also chosen to live at this way for not seeing the real truth...

I like specially its last lines, where he compares his situation to that employe who works hard all day and naively believes (or pretends to believe) his boss will give to him 'some great reward' for compensating him for such a dedication...

This has to be one of the most cynical songs ever.

In short, Martin Gore's conveying a sense that love does not exist--that it's only a "promise made for convenience," motivated out of shallow self-interest rather than devotion.

Warning: this song is perfectly creepy, delightfully devious, and possibly destructive. It is very confusing if you are 12 and even more so if you are 41 and not aware of its incredibly pessimistic view. and to top it off you can't get the damn thing out of your head. were the Beatles ever this good/bad?

He wants to be in denial because the truth hurts him too much. Instead of accepting the fact that she is a lying cheat and needs to be dumped. I like it because it's a song about cheating that's more emotional too me than a lot of todays vengeful songs about the same subject.

I think it's about the submissive quality somebody has in their relationship where they come to believe that the person they're with loves them, though it's false. The only reason they think he/she loves them is because they turned their (sub)conscious mind into believing it, as a way of escaping from hurt and rejection. Their partner is probably secretly laughing behind their "innocent" smile, and it more often then not leads to failure as a relationship, because it's just not working out on a truthful level. It's a sarcastic way to fall in love; it's also a good way to die.

I've been on this weird Depeche Mode kick for the last 3 weeks or so. That and nueroticfish.

Either way, this is a great song. I think the lyrics tell the meaning pretty well, but for me its one of those songs that kind of speaks to how when you get to know your bf/gf better, you start kind of just wanting to have things back like before, when you didnt know they were lying, i.e. it was simpler.

Gorgeous, cynical little song. Very sensual musical and lyrical flow. I agree with most of what has been said. He seems to get off on the silly game, as if he is silently and smugly challenging the person to succeed at their attempted deceit.

Sensuous, cynical song. Obviously compares the relationship at hand to working at a dead-end job. I always heard the line "experiences leave a lasting impression" as "screaming and tears leave a lasting impression", which might indicate that the ambiguity was intentional.

Wikipedia claims that this is about adulterous relationships.

This song could be the male version of Diana Ross's Upside Down. That is, both songs indulge the opposite sex during a concert between singer and audience.