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Interpretations:Finished With Lies

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One day, I was thinking about this song, and I thought, "Hmm, I guess this song, in some ways, is about the boy who cried wolf."


This is clearly about the christian god

If you don't believe me now You'll never believe me now (lie, lie)

You'll think it's a lie

Couldn't we just put away the ancient history? Throw up our hands at the unsolved mystery

The unsolved mystery, is evolution vs. creationism.

I'm going to have my head examined I'll prove you were wrong about me Move the needle telepathically

I'll turn everything around and confuse you I'll talk faster and faster 'til I lose you I'll fix it so you can't remember what was true And there'll be nothing to remind you

It has decided it wants to become malevolent

Anyone else think this song seems like a continuation of the "No One Knows My Plan" theme?

Is "If you don't believe me now, you'll never believe me now" a reference to the Smiths' "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" ("And if they don't believe me now / Will they ever believe me?")

This song also sounds like "La La Lies" by the Who. -King of Hearts

The beginning of the song sounds like some one who doesn't lie to the point of stating everything completely and totally literally, such as "If you don't believe me now, you'll never believe me now." But once it starts getting into the lie detector and telepathy whatnot, it begins to make less and less sense.

This song seems to me to be nothing more than some guilty person trying to weasel their way through a lie detector test.

First comes the promises of truth: 

"Now I'm telling the truth, I'm finished with lies"

Then comes voluntary submission to the tests: 

"They'll see when they look inside; I won't have to say a word"

But of course, he's trying to subvert said tests: 

"I'll stop thinking what I shouldn't be thinking. I'll make everyone believe me"

Which goes along with my favorite line in the whole song: 

"I'll prove you were wrong about me; move the needle telepathically"

After all, what is a lie detector test but measuring the effect the mind has on the body? The main flaw with "lie detectors" is that they can be fooled by a subject who is able to keep his physical telltales (pulse, perspiration, etc.) under control.

In a final attempt, the narrator tries to confuse the person adminstering the tests: 

"I'll turn everything around and confuse you; I'll talk faster and faster 'til I lose you"

Until, in the end, the subject's guilt is forgotten: 

"I'll fix it so you can't remember what was true, and there'll be nothing to remind you"

~ Salt-Man Z

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