And You Lied To Me Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Undert0ad 

Cover art for And You Lied To Me lyrics by Besnard Lakes, The

They playfully mix up espionage and relationships metaphorically. "And you lied to me... you aren't even who you said you are" is certainly something that would be said to a spy OR a lover. This idea was maybe first introduced with the 1954 Anais Nin novel "Spy in the House of Love" -- which interestingly has been broadly used as a metaphor in music along the decades. "Spy in the House of Love" is such an appealing metaphor that it's become the title of different songs by many artists - Steve Winwood, Was (Not Was), the dBs, Animal Logic.