[Heart-wrenching] A Special Feature on Songs Themed Around Lies That Hit You Deep—Classics and Fan Favorites
The word “lie” carries a sense of guilt and remorse, yet there are many forms it can take—poignant lies told out of love for a partner, gentle lies meant to protect someone dear.
Songs themed around such “lies,” packed with the delicate nuances of human relationships, brim with lyrics that make your chest ache and melodies you can’t help but relate to.
In this article, we’ll introduce moving songs about “lies,” from anime tie-in tracks to classic Showa-era hits.
You might just find a song that resonates with your heart.
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[Heart-Wrenching] A Special Feature on Songs Themed Around Heart-Piercing Lies: Masterpieces and Popular Tracks (21–30)
Liesanari
It’s a masterpiece that poignantly and gently sings of the human heart.
Included on Sanari’s album “SICKSTEEN,” released in June 2019, this track is memorable for its melodious rap and emotionally resonant vocals.
In the one-take music video featuring 23 dancers, Sanari himself takes on dancing for the first time, vividly expressing the world of the lyrics.
The song blends human warmth with a tinge of melancholy, and its deeply affecting lyrics and sound are its biggest draw.
It’s a track I’d recommend to anyone who resonates with feelings for a loved one or the care they hold for someone important.
LiARPorunogurafiti
“LiAR,” which was also the theme song for Nippon TV’s “Sukkiri” in 2016, is a track that conveys vocalist Akihito Okano’s intense feelings toward a woman.
It’s a mature love song centered on a false romance, with the narrator yearning for a woman who left behind a gentle lie.
Curiously, the “i” in the title is lowercase.
According to guitarist and backing vocalist Haruichi Shindo, it was to “leave a scratch mark.” That’s some style, too.
Gimmick GameNinomiya Kazunari
Depicting betrayal and mind games between a man and a woman, this song leaves a strong impression with its provocative lyrics and seductive melody.
Told from a female perspective, the lyrics intertwine suspicion toward the other person with the singer’s own wavering emotions, unsettling the listener.
Included on the first-press limited edition of the album “Dream “A” live,” it also drew attention for having lyrics and music written by Kazunari Ninomiya.
With its mysterious aura, it’s recommended when you want to immerse yourself in a world that stirs the emotions.
LIARNakamori Akina
Akina Nakamori has had a mature, mysterious aura since her teenage years, and she still has many fans today.
Her song “LIAR” also feels very grown-up; her singing, voice, and expressions make your heart race.
It portrays a very adult kind of romance, depicting a strong woman who, though hurt, never shows it.
While many love songs about lies focus on the feelings toward lies told by a partner, this song can be taken as dealing with lies to oneself—lies about one’s own feelings.
Instead of goodbyeJUJU
Lies about love often make your chest tighten just by hearing them, don’t they? JUJU’s song “Sayonara no Kawari ni” is packed with that uniquely painful feeling of love—it’s the kind of track that would bring tears to anyone who’s had a similar experience.
It conveys, so vividly it hurts, a sadness and helplessness that’s different from the pain of unrequited love or the anxiety after you finally become a couple—it’s that singular sorrow right before a breakup.
The feeling of thinking, “Even if you lie to me, that’s okay,” is so painful, isn’t it?
I tell lies with these eyes.CHAGE and ASKA
A so-called “lying song” that declares from the title itself that it will tell a lie: CHAGE and ASKA’s “I’ll Tell a Lie with These Eyes.” The track was included on their 1991 album TREE and was later released as a single.
Lying isn’t a good thing, of course, but in this world there are things we’re better off not knowing, and there are “kind lies” told so as not to hurt someone.
This song is a male-perspective ballad that sings of gentle lies told to a woman.
wicked womanNakajima Miyuki
There aren’t many lyrics that so vividly capture the wretchedness and sorrow of a woman’s heartbreak: realizing that the person she loves desperately already has a new girlfriend, she puts on her best act as a “bad woman” and waits for him to say goodbye.
It might be easy for a woman to be the one to end things, but hiding her true self, continuing to play a lie, and waiting to be disliked—that’s an act of compassion for the other person.