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Chvrches – Lies (2013) | Track profile | Dork

Tracks
Chvrches
The Bones of What You Believe
Lies

SINGLE

Lies

Release date: 19th September 2013

From The Bones of What You Believe

Track 5

3:41

Alternative Music Electronic Rock

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About This Track

'Lies' moves with the propulsive energy that defined Chvrches' early work, its synth-pop architecture built on urgency and restraint. The track pivots on a simple, devastating premise: the narrator's ability to seduce through deception, to "sell you lies" and make believers of anyone willing to listen. Lauren Mayberry's voice cuts through layers of neon-bright production with a coolness that belies the song's emotional turbulence, each verse tightening the knot between attraction and manipulation. The lyrics trace a dynamic of power and vulnerability, desire and control. Mayberry moves between supplication and command, asking to be held and hidden, then asserting her capacity to feed someone's appetite for falsehood. The repetition of "like I know what you want" becomes both a boast and an admission of complicity, a recognition that this kind of intimacy trades in half-truths. Beneath the gloss of the production sits something rawer: a portrait of seduction as a form of survival, where honesty becomes a luxury neither party can afford.

"Lies" is a single by Chvrches, from the album The Bones of What You Believe, released 19th September 2013. The track is 3:41 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Chvrches.

About the Artist

Chvrches

Chvrches

Lyrics

Lies

Faster, faster, you won't go far
Shouldn't leave, feeling faint, we both know why
You got to show me both knees, cold I lie
Hold me slowly, hide me 'til I can fight

Always we can sing, we can make time
Old songs, flood and flame, you could be mine
But you got to show me, both knees, skin and bone
Clothe me, throw me, move me 'til

I can sell you lies
You can't get enough
Make a true believer of
Anyone, anyone, anyone
I can call you up
If I feel low
I can feed your dirty mind
Like I know, like I know what you want

Icon of symmetry, swallowing sides
Fall down in front of me, follow my eyes
But I've got to see you moving, waste no time
Teach me, make me holy 'til

I can sell you lies
You can't get enough
Make a true believer of
Anyone, anyone, anyone
I can call you up
If I feel low
I can feed your dirty mind
Like I know, like I know what you want

Anyone, anyone, anyone
Anyone, anyone, anyone
Like I know, like I know what you want
Like I know, like I know what you want

I can sell you lies
You can't get enough
Make a true believer of
Anyone, anyone, anyone
I can call you up
If I feel low
I can feed your dirty mind
Like I know, like I know what you want.

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Track details

From The Bones of What You Believe

3:412013Single

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Album

The Bones of What You Believe

20th September 2013

Track number

5

Release year

2013

1The Mother We Share
3:11
2We Sink
3:34
3Gun
3:54
4Tether
4:46

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Iain Cook, Lauren Mayberry, Martin Doherty
Producer: CHVRCHES
Engineer: Chris Kasych, Martin Cooke
Vocals: Lauren Mayberry
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Bo Hill, Eric Isip
Background Vocals: Iain Cook, Martin Doherty
Graphic Design: Amy Burrows
Instrumentation: Iain Cook, Lauren Mayberry, Martin Doherty
Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig
Mixing Engineer: Rich Costey
Programmer: Iain Cook, Martin Doherty

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