Lyrics for A Beautiful Lie as interpreted by pressreset

A Beautiful Lie Lyrics
Lie awake in bed at night
And think about your life
Do you want to be different (different)
Try to let go of the truth
The battles of your youth
'Cause this is just a game

It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
So beautiful, beautiful
That makes me

It's time to forget about the past
To wash away what happened last
(Happened last, happened last)
Hide behind an empty face
Don't have too much to say
'Cause this is just a game

It's a beautiful lie
It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in
So beautiful, beautiful
That makes me

Ohhhhhhh
Beautifullll
Ohhhhhhh

Everyone's looking at me
I'm running 'round in circles
A quiet desperation's building high
I've got to remember this is just a game

So beautiful, beautiful
(It's a beautiful lie)
So beautiful, beautiful
(It's a beautiful lie)
So beautiful, beautiful
(It's a beautiful lie)
So beautiful, beautiful
(It's a beautiful lie)

It's a beautiful lie
(So beautiful, beautiful)
It's a perfect denial
(So beautiful, beautiful)
Such a beautiful (So beautiful, beautiful) lie to believe in
So beautiful, beautiful
That makes me


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Rocky1480
08-04-2005

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Oh god this song is such a soundgasm. I'm surprised no one has commented on most of the new stuff, it's so FUCKIN GOOD!

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MusicIsTheSoul
09-02-2005

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this song is great its about beliving in a lie cuz u think ur life actually sucks and the lie is beautiful cuz it makes things seems lots better than they are. jared leto is a genius

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MrFokker
10-18-2005

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I agree with MusicIsTheSoul about lieing to yourself about what your life is actually like, but I would focus in on the idea more. Maybe its just me, but even since ive been young, I have always thought of how cool it would be to live in a video game or a novel or something similar to that:
"Cause this is just a game"
And by embracing that game he make:
"It's a perfect denial
Such a beautiful lie to believe in"

Thats just the real nerdy side of me coming out, so I'm gonna go play some more D&D. :)

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Kael_of_Blades
11-05-2005

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MrFokker- that's a great opinion; i like to look at life like an RPG coz there's VERY little difference... This is my take on the song: "try to let go of the truth; the battles of your youth; coz this is just a game"- Leto speaks such pivotal truths about the life of mortality. And i agree with MusicIsTheSoul (great screen name) for the most part; personally i wouldn't say he's saying life sucks by the lie makes it beautiful.I think he's saying that everything in existence is a lie; an illusion- but its beautiful by nature.

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MusicIsTheSoul
12-06-2005

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hmm.....that's a good point. and thanks for the compliment!

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MusicIsTheSoul
12-06-2005

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hmm.....that's a good point. and thanks for the compliment!

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return2zero
12-21-2005

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To all the D&Ders out there... Battle On!

This song kinda struck me as "life is too short" - it's a game, yeah, and shite happens... the fact that we can leave crap behind make the ride worthwhile... ah, sweet denial... is the past ever far behind?

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Coredump
03-24-2006

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So is this song "The Kill" or "A beautiful Lie" because its showing up as "The Kill" in winamp.

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capturedenadream
04-03-2006

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I agree with MrFokker and MusicalSoul...because like to me...its relates to me as well...in my words..this is about actually taking a lie and believing in it you know...actually believing that maybe your life is just one big thing of a screw up or something...but believing in it makes things seem less hectic and more beauitful...its like sometimes i feel as if im watching myself sometimes from my inner spirit...like i feel like this is the future me and i am in an coma watching everything happen and i think to myself what a beauitful lie...its like being in a video game..and your running from all the bad things...but to you, you make it real although its a lie its not real..but its beauitful because u believe so much in it..

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InOmniaParatus
05-08-2006

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Very good explanations. I agree with all of them in part. And I relate to it as well. Great song!

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viciousandromantic
06-03-2006

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I love this song, when I first heard it I thought it was about a fake relationship, getting married for the wrong reasons and living with the consequences, which kinda means lying to yourself about your life, in one way or another. I don't know why I thought that, I'm not married ahah nor will I ever be married. this is my second favorite on the album. the kill is definetly my favorite.

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thehumblebumblebee
06-13-2006

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I think "a beautiful lie" can also relate to something that's explored in the matrix, about reality. Obviously Mr Leto doesn't use this as his main subject, but when I saw the album's name, before I heard the song, that's what I thought about.

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Artemisian
06-18-2006

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It's definitely called A Beautiful Lie, The Kill is the track after it. I think the term "a beautiful lie" refers to life's reality itself, and this is song is about just that.

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speedymatt72
07-19-2006

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I think that this song has to do with escape

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EvolvingSeeker
07-29-2006

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I think it's saying that his world is an illusion but it's beautiful.

It's a game, and the game is experience. It's life but it's still a lie its not real.

"I'm running 'round in circles
A quiet desperation's building high
I've got to remember this is just a game"

But don't get too caught up in it. Because it's still just a game, an illusion. It's life, dont get too caught up in your life, none of this is real.

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rushtape
08-03-2006

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These lyrics reminded me of Styx's "Grand Illusion."

Hm...

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beautiful_letdwn9
08-30-2006

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i agree this song is about lieing to yourself to make your reality seem better. Jared is amazing! Fucking talented! great song

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L8bloom
09-13-2006

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i think what he's sayin is that life, who you are, and every1 and everything n it is just a game. maybe someone really scewed u (i.e. in a relationship)-now they're gone, and ur alone with all the pain and lies and broken trust and regret mixed w/anger swirlling around in ur head, hindering ur life(game). if u want something different, do something different...let it go...wash away what happened-"lie" to urself if u must. Everyone else does! Its just a game...a beautiful lie.

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EmoGirl222
09-28-2006

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i think this song is basiclt about lying to yourself about what life is like and trying to blend in instead of standing out besides, why blend in when you were born to stand out?

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WishingForYou
11-09-2006

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For me, what he's saying in this song is, when you "escape" from reality, it's a lie, basically. But, it's a beautiful lie because it's not real and everything's perfect. His reality and his escape are starting to blend together and he keeps reminding himself that this is not all real and that life is not perfect like he wants it to be. Call me insane, but, when I first read the lyrics to this song, I was reminded of the song "Imaginary" by Evanescence [no, I'm not saying they're anything like Evanescence]. Excellent song, by the way.

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dannyfaye
12-10-2006

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this has to be my favorite on their new cd. i love it.

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guessXwho
12-24-2006

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good song but in my opinion it has alot to do with life

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Sweetdestiny
01-08-2007

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I think the beginning is saying how if you lie at bed thats when you regroup yourself and think of everything that happened that day or even past days. You realize your mistakes and all the things you had to go through hence battles of your youth....

The next part of that its a beautiful lie expresses that you live this is world of lies and yet it all comes together and its beautiful. You try to deny the person you are but it always comes back to you and you are who you are. All that stuff makes up you.

It's time to forget about the past...
Renew and start over..Don't always stay in the past and get ready for the future. Forget all the bad things that have happened and realize theres better things to come.

Everyones looking at me...
When ya kinda stand back and realize this is your life and everything/everyone that makes up it is around you is constantly watching having an effect on you. It all seems to go together while you think in your mind on what to do, but ya gotta keep your head together and realize...its just a game.

Over all I think it's comparing life to a game..very simple actually. You play a game you gotta dodge things..you lose, you start over with a fresh start and don't stay in the past..you also gotta make desicions fast and keep your head in the game.

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Fernando Massu
01-12-2007

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I agree with speedymatt72, it has to do with escape, from yourself, the world or anything, then you create a game-world where everything is just perfect, such a beautiful lie.

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LetoIsTheMan
02-10-2007

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I saw a clip of the band explaning what the song means and they say its about all the beautiful lies in life (like ciggaretes, drugs etc...) they call the beautiful lies cuz you believe them, you believe that drugs make it better, you look at comercials and wanna go out and buy it, it seems "beautiful" to you, and they are talking about escaping all the lies...

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