Liar — Summary

You know I'd never lie to you And to tell the truth There was a time where I'd die for you But now I'm dead With nothing to do

I was nothing but a tool for your amusement Your wants and needs And once I outlived my usefulness You threw me away, and found another to use

So bury me with your memories Like your childhood toys and houses on trees You know I never lied to you But now I'm dead, and soon you will be too

My soul wanders these streets My spirit flies above my town While my heart lies six feet underground

Used to hope you'd see the light I now know you never will The world will keep spinning for you While mines now stands still

Bury me with your memories Of past lovers and past enemies Live with the fact that I never lied to you While even after death With me you did, and still do.

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The speaker is addressing a former lover, or at least someone they were once devoted to, and they feel completely used up. They insist they never lied, even claiming they would once have died for this person. Now they describe themselves as already dead, discarded like a tool once it stopped being useful. The "death" seems to be emotional: the heart is "six feet underground" while the spirit drifts over the town.

The tone is bitter and accusing, but there is grief under the anger. The speaker asks to be buried with the other person's memories, among childhood toys and old lovers and enemies, as if to say they'll haunt that past forever. There is also a cold warning that the other person will die too. The final lines flip the repeated claim of honesty: the speaker says the other person lied, and still does. The mood is dark, resentful, and quietly heartbroken.

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