Lie to Me
Embracing Shadows of Love: Deception in 'Lie to Me' by Josh Kaufman
Lyrics
After you kiss me goodnight
Reflecting on the moments after receiving a goodnight kiss
After you turn out the light
Contemplating the time after turning off the lights
Lie to me
Expressing a desire for deception or false reassurance
If I should let down my guard
Considering the possibility of lowering one's defenses
Give you a piece of my heart
Being willing to share a part of one's heart
Lie to me
Requesting to be lied to in this vulnerable state
Lie to me
Reiterating the plea to be deceived
Tell me you love me and I'll set you free
Connecting love and freedom, suggesting a conditional relationship
Don't you know that I'll believe
Expressing belief in the sincerity of the proclaimed love
There's so much you're willing to do, baby
Acknowledging the partner's willingness to do things for the relationship
Why can't you just lie to me
Pondering why the partner can't simply lie to maintain harmony
Shadows will cover this night
Referring to the night being shrouded in darkness
Sure as the morning will light
Asserting the certainty of morning light
Lie to me
Repeating the desire for deception in the face of reality
Leave all your secrets untouched
Encouraging the concealment of painful truths
The pain of the truth's way too much
Highlighting the unbearable nature of certain truths
Lie to me
Reiterating the plea to be lied to in order to avoid pain
Lie to me
Reaffirming the desire for deception tied to freedom
Tell me you love me and I'll set you free
Connecting belief and the promise of freedom through lies
Don't you know that I'll believe
Stating the willingness to believe in the proclaimed love
There's so much you're willing to do, baby
Referencing the partner's readiness to do things for the relationship
Why can't you just lie to me
Repeating the question about the difficulty of being deceived
I wait like a child and sometimes
Describing the anticipation akin to a child's waiting
The weight of the never and nothing is all I can feel
Expressing the overwhelming weight of nothingness and the future
Oh, won't you just, darling
Requesting the partner to lie, using an endearing term
Lie to me
Reiterating the plea for deception tied to freedom
Tell me you love me and I'll set you free
Linking love, lies, and the promise of liberation
Don't you know that I'll believe
Reaffirming the belief in the partner's proclaimed love
There's so much you're willing to do, baby
Noting the partner's willingness to do things for the relationship
Why can't you just
Pondering why the partner can't lie
Why can't you just
Repeating the question about the partner's inability to lie
Why can't you, baby
Further questioning the partner's difficulty in deception
Why can't you just lie to me
Repeating the plea for the partner to lie
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