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.
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.