[Heart-wrenching] A Special Feature on Songs Themed Around Lies That Hit You Deep—Classics and Fan Favorites

Don’t love me anymore.Flower

Flower “Just a Love Sadder Than Anyone Else’s” out 9/14. Best album: “THIS IS Flower THIS IS BEST.”

Love doesn’t need logic, but when you fall for someone you know you can never be happy with, you end up lying to yourself, clinging to desperate excuses—only for it to conclude, inevitably, in an ending.

The line “a love sadder than anyone else’s” may sing of comparing heartbreaks, yet there’s no way to judge which is truly the unhappiest; perhaps these words are simply a way to console oneself.

That quiet, hidden sorrow only deepens the sense of poignancy.

wicked womanNakajima Miyuki

Wicked Woman / Miyuki Nakajima / UPN-0004 / 1981

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.

I tell lies with these eyes.CHAGE and ASKA

[MV] 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.

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liarTHE BLUE HEARTS

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“Usotsuki” (“Liar”) is a song included on THE BLUE HEARTS’ sixth album, “STICK OUT,” released in 1993.

In fact, it has never been performed live even once! You shouldn’t tell lies, but sometimes telling a lie can be the better choice.

The song conveys the struggle with that contradiction in our world.

Become a childMy Hair is Bad

Kodomoni Narou

This song candidly portrays the conflicts and honest feelings we experience while living as adults.

In their CD single “life,” released in December 2020, My Hair is Bad carefully expresses the gap between the selves we perform in everyday life and our true selves.

We want recognition from others yet struggle to depend on them; we fulfill our duties as adults while still wanting to remain childlike without lying to ourselves.

These inner sentiments are powerfully delivered through the band’s distinctive, dynamic rock sound.

This track is dedicated to everyone who feels the need to reexamine their social role and their true self.

It will help you recognize the feelings you’ve kept hidden deep inside throughout your life.

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I can hear it as: while the feelings they had just after they started dating were by no means a lie, as time passed those emotions faded, and only when he made a big mistake did he finally realize how important she was.

Women are, after all, easily moved by promises and words, so I’m curious about what will happen to the two of them after this.

If it’s a lie you toldJUJU

JUJU Full Album Digest Movie for “WHAT YOU WANT” — Out 12/9

When I see these lyrics, I’m reminded of Yosuke Tagawa’s recent press conference on the wide shows.

It’s not something just anyone can do, but perhaps believing is indeed the key to happiness.

The singer JUJU apparently loves neighborhood snack bars and often sings there in response to karaoke requests, and she says that’s also a form of training.