Know something about this song or lyrics?
Add it to our wiki.
All our secrets, they are daily trouble
Drip loose knot around your hips
Your spotless instincts are valid
We coexist
Got twenty six days to work with (got twenty,six days)
We got twenty six days to work with (it moves, it moves, it moves)
We'll see what all gets done
I'm an addict for dramatics
I confuse the two for love
You can tell me that you don't bend
[Chorus]
Liar (liar)
If we're keeping score
We're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Liar (liar)
If we're keeping score
We're all choir boys at best
(Interesting and arrogant)
Got twenty,six days to work with (got twenty six days)
Then back on that island
That you swear by
You barely can't afford
It's still a question of
How long will this hold?
Well, is it any different
Now that we are home?
Don't you know they're not here, not now?
(It moves, it moves, it moves)
Not here, not now
I'm an addict for dramatics
I confuse the two for love
You can tell me don't bend
[Chorus]
We're all choir boys at best
[Chorus]
Liar (liar)
Liar (liar)
It takes one to know one
Drip loose knot around your hips
Your spotless instincts are valid
We coexist
Got twenty six days to work with (got twenty,six days)
We got twenty six days to work with (it moves, it moves, it moves)
We'll see what all gets done
I'm an addict for dramatics
I confuse the two for love
You can tell me that you don't bend
[Chorus]
Liar (liar)
If we're keeping score
We're all choir boys at best
(Intrusive and arrogant)
Liar (liar)
If we're keeping score
We're all choir boys at best
(Interesting and arrogant)
Got twenty,six days to work with (got twenty six days)
Then back on that island
That you swear by
You barely can't afford
It's still a question of
How long will this hold?
Well, is it any different
Now that we are home?
Don't you know they're not here, not now?
(It moves, it moves, it moves)
Not here, not now
I'm an addict for dramatics
I confuse the two for love
You can tell me don't bend
[Chorus]
We're all choir boys at best
[Chorus]
Liar (liar)
Liar (liar)
It takes one to know one
Lyrics submitted by Knife2aGunFight
Track duration: 03:10
"Liar (It Takes One to Know One)" as written by Adam Burbank Lazzara, Frederick Paul Mascherino, Edward Reyes, Mark O'connell, Matthew A. Rubano
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
I mean pretty much every line points to it. Choir boys, liars, hanging objects on hips (piggy's glasses on Jack's pants), and weren't they only on the island for some 26 days?
I dunno, I read that book over the summer and as it turns out my summer session teacher would regualarly teach that book so she would talk me through questions and discuss it with me. I had also, ironically, just rediscovered this band and this song and I was amazed at the similarities.
Either way, I love this song!
The first verse is about arriving on the island, with the children's inner savagery, hidden by societal constraints (our secrets they are tailored trouble). The children originally trust in their leader, Ralph(your spotless instincts are valid) and coexist relatively peacefully (we coexist). Also the "draped loose now around your hips" line probably refers to the conch shell carried by Ralph, which symbolises order and civility in the novel..i think he may carry it on a string around his hips? The children work at building shelter, finding food etc but are increasingly lazy, and there is a hint of things to come (We'll see what all gets done). They will be on the island for nearly a month (26 days).
The lead-in doesn't seems to be alot related to LOTF, and refers to confusing both addiction and drama for love. The argument of the song seems to be in reaction to an illusion of a loving relationship the protagonist is involved in. "You can't tell me you don't beg" seems to be an allusion to the fact that the protagonist has little faith in the partner's morality.
The chorus refers to the lie of civilisation, admitting that "we're all choir boys at best", with their qualities being arrogance and intrusiveness that morphs into something more sinister in the strain of the environment.
The second verse obviously refers to the island, possibly the line "that you swear by, still barely can afford" referring the protagonist's partner making some argument about the story that he or she does not back up in their everyday life. The next bit is asking how long will order hold (how long will this hold), should our natures be any different in different environments (well is it any different now that we are here), and the conflict and exploitation of leadership and fear of the unknown, personified in LOTF as the beast (don't you go here , not here , now now..it moves it moves).
Love it TBS :)
LOVE IT
LOVE IT (if you even care)
ha ha-This song makes me want to scream
and throw things and dance around my
room! (with the lights down low ;D )
it's obviously about lord of the flies, i knew that when this song in a store.
adam does say it's about the book; look it up.
If you've read it you'd see the TOTAL connection