Lie (song)

"Lie" is the first single by Black Light Burns from their debut album Cruel Melody. It was released to radio on March 20.

"Lie"
Single by Black Light Burns
from the album Cruel Melody
ReleasedMarch 20, 2007
GenreIndustrial metal
Length4:19
LabelI AM: WOLFPACK
Songwriter(s)Wes Borland
Producer(s)Ross Robinson, Danny Lohner
Black Light Burns singles chronology
"Lie"
(2007)		 "4 Walls"
(2007)
This article is about the Black Light Burns song. For other songs with identical or similar titles, see Lie (disambiguation) § Music.

Song information

Lie was the first full Black Light Burns song Wes Borland had shown to the public. Previously, various samples were available on the band's MySpace page, but on March 29, 2007, Borland put up the full version of Lie, after responding to some controversial remarks from the other members of Limp Bizkit. This led to many fans believing the lyrics in the song were meant to discredit his former bandmates, and the time he spent in the band. The song contained lines such as "I'm living a lie, and it's not the best thing for me" and "I follow these pigs around, but I never get used to it".

The song notably features an unusual and flashy harmony guitar solo at the end, something missing from Borland's previous works. As a whole, the song is an unusual blend of extremely dark and vicious guitar driven music augmented by the programmed percussion of Charlie Clouser alongside the live drums of Josh Freese. The band played this song on Last Call with Carson Daly in promotion of the album.

For the live performance of the song, drummer Marshall Kilpatric doubles the programmed drums of the verse, with Borland only playing guitar from the bridge on through the rest of the song.

The chorus of the song is a collaboration between Borland and Richard Patrick.

Charts
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Denmark (Tracklisten)[1] 35
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[2] 33
Ireland (IRMA)[3] 31
Poland (ZPAV)[4] 41
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[5] 28
UK Rock (Official Charts Company)[6] 21
US Rock Digital Songs (Billboard)[7] 38
US Rock Songs (Billboard)[8] 34
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard) 22

References
  1. "Polish Singles Chart |". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  2. "Polish Singles Chart |". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  3. Search for Irish peaks Archived 2009-06-03 at WebCite
  4. "Polish Singles Chart |". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  5. "Polish Singles Chart |". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  6. "2013-08-24 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
  7. "Limp Bizkit Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
  8. "Billboard Hot Rock Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-26.


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