Dance Little Liar
Arctic Monkeys * Track #8 On Humbug (Japanese Edition)
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Dance Little Liar by Arctic Monkeys
Release Date
Performed by
Arctic MonkeysProduced by
Josh HommeWrited by
Alex TurnerAbout
“Dance Little Liar” is a third-person narrative detailing the effect of a dishonest boyfriend on an unraveling relationship.
This is the song that convinced QOTSA frontman Josh Homme to invite the band into his desert studio Rancho de la Luna and push the Monkeys' sound in a new direction.
Dance Little Liar Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I heard the truth was built to bend
A mechanism to suspend
The guilt is what you will require
And still you've got to dance little liar
Just like those fibs to pop and fizz
And you'll be forced to take that awful quiz
And you're bound to trip
And she'll detect the fiction on your lips and dig a contradiction up
[Chorus]
And the clean coming will hurt
And you can never get it spotless
When there's dirt beneath the dirt
The liar takes a lot less time
[Verse 2]
I'm sure it's clear and plain to read
It's not an alibi you need just yet
Oh, no, it's something for those beads of sweat
Yes, that will get you back to normal
And after you have dabbed the patch
You'll breathe and then proceed to scratch
The varnish off that newly added calmness
So as not to raise any alarms too soon
[Chorus]
And the clean coming will hurt
And you can never get it spotless
When there's dirt beneath the dirt
[Bridge]
The liar takes a lot less time to decide on the saunter
Have you got itchy bones? And in all your time alone
Can you hack your mind being riddled
With the wrong memories?
[Instrumental break]
[Chorus]
And the clean coming will hurt
And you can never get it spotless
When there's dirt between the dirt
Dance Little Liar Q&A
Who wrote Dance Little Liar's ?
Dance Little Liar was written by Alex Turner.
Who produced Dance Little Liar's ?
Dance Little Liar was produced by Josh Homme.
When did Arctic Monkeys release Dance Little Liar?
Arctic Monkeys released Dance Little Liar on Wed Aug 19 2009.
What did Arctic Monkeys say about "Dance Little Liar"?
Turner told Uncut magazine that the “Dance Little Liar” demo is what convinced Josh Homme to invite the Monkeys into his desert studio.
We’d met [Homme] a couple of times and played a show together and wondered then if he’d be up for producing us. We sort of forgot about it, but when we had about s...
How is "Dance Little Liar" different from previous Arctic Monkeys songs?
The most noticeable difference is the extended guitar solo between the bridge and final chorus. Turner explained that he and guitarist Jamie Cook never felt comfortable with guitar solos longer than a few seconds, but working with Homme on Humbug gave them to confidence to “let it rip.”