There are ones that lie
And ones that lie underground
The first ones lie;
The second one I lie about.
Should actually be
There are ones that lie
And ones that lie underground
The first one's mine;
The second one I lie about.
The difference being "the first one's mine." I can't remember where I read it, but somebody had said very matter-of-factly that this was a song about somebody being murdered. If that's the case, my corrected line makes sense. Those that lie would be "mine" (his), meaning he lies. The second one I lie about would be those that lie underground -- the person he killed. He lies about it.
Possible correction: I think that
There are ones that lie And ones that lie underground The first ones lie; The second one I lie about.
Should actually be
There are ones that lie And ones that lie underground The first one's mine; The second one I lie about.
The difference being "the first one's mine." I can't remember where I read it, but somebody had said very matter-of-factly that this was a song about somebody being murdered. If that's the case, my corrected line makes sense. Those that lie would be "mine" (his), meaning he lies. The second one I lie about would be those that lie underground -- the person he killed. He lies about it.