Lyric discussion by scotttelfer1 

Cover art for Liar lyrics by Mumford & Sons

The opening line "I know that things are broken". This to me, means he desperately in love with the girl. He is hanging on blindly to what he thinks of as love despite knowing its not right.

We can tell that she has cheated or betrayed him in some way from the lyric "and all the while I relied on this honesty".

She knows that he loves her and teased him by leaning in for her last kiss. He cannot resist because he is so in love with her. I love the subtle metaphor "cold hands". She is cold and heartless.

This song reminds me of a time when I felt the exact same way. Her crying and wanting me back and not being able to resist and giving in cowardly. The feeling was all to familiar for those months it took to break up.

I had the same experience. For the majority of an 8 month relationship, me and an ex boyfriend were breaking up and getting back together. He put a huge amount of stress onto me. He cheated on me with a girl I knew as a childhood best friend, and at the same time kept his sexuality to himself. I still don't know what he classifies himself as, but I know he went behind my back about it and had many men that he talked to. The part that hurt the most, is he'd get under my skin by telling me that he loved me so...

I think the bit about "and all the while I relied on this honesty" doesn't even have to be about something as big as cheating. could even be just the love she claims to have

@scotttelfer1

Pretty much whatever you think could have been a lie probably was one