The song seems pretty straightforward in its message. In telling stories about our lives, we all want to seem better and more interesting than we really are. But in "tacking on lies", we blind ourselves to our own flaws and feed our egos; when our stories get out of control, we'll only end up wishing we'd "left it all alone". In the end, it's better to be honest than to hide our insecurities behind the stories we tell.
The song seems pretty straightforward in its message. In telling stories about our lives, we all want to seem better and more interesting than we really are. But in "tacking on lies", we blind ourselves to our own flaws and feed our egos; when our stories get out of control, we'll only end up wishing we'd "left it all alone". In the end, it's better to be honest than to hide our insecurities behind the stories we tell.