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Morgan Wallen, Lies Lies Lies: the lyrics & their meaning

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Morgan Wallen is back with a new, beautiful song, Lies Lies Lies: the lyrics face love and sadness, let’s analyzie their meaning.

Every time Morgan Wallen publishes a new song, the world of country music shakes. The Tennessee singer is one of the biggest personalities in American songwriting, and his music never fails to reach fans’ hearts. It happened again in March 2024 with his new song, Lies Lies Lies: a poetic track about lost love. Let’s analyze Lies Lies Lies and its meaning: you’ll find the official streaming and the complete lyrics at the end of this article.

Lies Lies Lies: the meaning of the lyrics

Lies Lies Lies is a melancholic song about lost love: in the lyrics, Morgan Wallen sings to a girl who’s no longer there, wishing there was a second chance to be together.

The lies in the song’s title are the illusions the singer tells himself, pretending he can still get her back. This becomes clear in the central lyrics of the song:

Lies, lies, lying to myself
Why, why, why in the hell
Do I keep sayin’ I can get you back

The song’s poetry explores how Morgan Wallen is dealing with heartbreak: he’s not giving up, he’s not doing stupid things he will later regret. He won’t get lost with alcohol and then hate himself. This is the proud power of Lies Lies Lies: we are hurt, we miss the people we loved so much, but we hold up; we aren’t going to sink, we won’t stop living with dignity.

I don’t come down with the sun
I won’t hate myself when the morning comes
No thoughts of your body running through my head
No bottle of bourbon beside the bed

From this point of view, these lies we tell ourselves are the only way to cope with sadness. We are doing our best to keep our life, but we miss our love so much. So why not live a little more into this illusion? Pretending there is still a chance, fantasizing about what could happen tomorrow. It’s a bet we will lose, and we are aware of it. But we still want to ride hope: we need it to survive, at least in this precise phase of our lives.

Habits and hard heartbreaks are hard to break
So I just tell the same old lies, liеs, lies
Yeah, baby, I can try, try, try
To act like I don’t give a damn but I do

Therefore, this is the real meaning behind Lies Lies Lies lyrics: I know it’s over, and I’m working hard to accept it. Still, I want to drown in the illusion for a while, hoping I can get you back one day. It’s the only way I have to survive right now: I will lie to myself because I miss you, waiting for the moment I can finally move on.

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The official streaming and the complete lyrics

Morgan Wallen - Lies Lies Lies (Abbey Road Sessions)
Watch this video on YouTube.

I don’t come down with the sun
I won’t hate myself when the morning comes
No thoughts of your body running through my head
No bottle of bourbon beside the bed
‘Cause it wasn’t no thing to give you up
I never reach for you in another touch
Don’t ever think about you with him
And, girl, tonight I won’t call again and again
Ain’t nothin’ but

Lies, lies, lies
Look into my eyes, eyes, eyes
I’m still a fool for you
Nothing I wouldn’t do for you
Lies, lies, lies
Girl, I’m on a downhill dive
Habits and hard heartbreaks are hard to break
So I just tell the same old lies, liеs, lies
Yeah, baby, I can try, try, try

To act like I don’t give a damn but I do
Bet you’re missing me bad as I miss you
Snowballs to a phone call
Sounding something stupid
Baby, ’cause the truth is
The ninety proof is tellin’ me

Lies, lies, lies
Look into my eyes, eyes, eyes
I’m still a fool for you
Nothing I wouldn’t do for you
Lies, lies, lies
Girl, I’m on a downhill dive
Habits and hard heartbreaks are hard to break
So I just tell the same old lies, lies, lies
Lies, lies, lying to myself
Why, why, why in the hell
Do I keep sayin’ I can get you back
That’s about as honest as sayin’ that

I don’t come down with the sun
I won’t hate myself when the morning comes
Ain’t nothing but

Lies, lies, lies
Look into my eyes, eyes, eyes
I’m still a fool for you
Nothing I wouldn’t do for you
Lies, lies, lies
Girl, I’m on a downhill dive
Habits and hard heartbreaks are hard to break
So I just tell the same old lies, lies, lies
Lies, lies, lies

Published by Carlo Affatigato

Carlo has been a web content creator for over 10 years. He founded Auralcrave in 2015, envisioning it as a new space capable of offering different perspectives on topics that passionate all of us. With a scientific background, Carlo developed an interest in music, cinema, literature, and art at a young age, transforming it into a complementary dimension to his professional growth. For years, he was a music journalist specializing in electronic and dance music, writing for the most important Italian magazines (both online and print). Movies and TV series have been a true obsession in many phases of his life: during university, it was not uncommon for him to set the alarm in the middle of the night to watch classic films airing on TV. With the advent of the Internet, Carlo became a keen observer of web and social phenomena, addressing light topics such as advertising, trends, fashion, and general themes. He is the main author of Auralcrave and personally manages its social media, editorial line, book publication, resource management, and business expansion. A former engineer, life coach, husband, and father, he believes that every area of knowledge has interesting stories that deserve to be told and is convinced that doing so makes the world a better place.