Lyric discussion by 42OLPeace 

Cover art for Denied lyrics by Our Lady Peace

id say its about religion and how we are raised to believe a certain ideal way of life. and we lie to ourselves that we actually belive it when in reality its impossible for any two people to have the exact same outlook on life. we tell oursleves that "im fine yeah im fine" but "the wheels keep on turning" and we keep havin our own i deas but were being denied that chance to express them because someone told us this is how its gonna be