This catchy song is about how Martin’s lover is a dirty liar, and he knows it, but can’t (or doesn’t want to) do anything, because he enjoys the sex that follows after the lies.
He’s most likely in an abusive relationship, and is starting to understand it, but he still can’t escape.
[Chorus]
Come on and lay with me
Come on and lie to me
Tell me you love me
Say I'm the only one
Come on and lay with me
Come on and lie to me
Tell me you love me
Say I'm the only one
[Verse 1]
Experiences have a lasting impression
But words once spoken don't mean a lot now
Belief is the way, the way of the innocent
And when I say innocent, I should say naive
[Pre-Chorus]
So lie to me, but do it with sincerity
Make me listen, just for a minute
Make me think there's some truth in it
[Chorus]
Come on and lay with me
Come on and lie to me
Tell me you love me
Say I'm the only one
Come on and lay with me
Come on and lie to me
Tell me you love me
Say I'm the only one
[Verse 2]
Promises made for convenience
Aren't necessarily what we need
Truth is a word that's lost its meaning
The truth has become merely half-truth
[Pre-Chorus]
So lie to me, like they do it in the factory
Make me think that at the end of the day
Some great reward will be coming my way
[Chorus]
Come on and lay with me
Come on and lie to me
Tell me you love me
Say I'm the only one
Come on and lay with me
Come on and lie to me
Tell me you love me
Say I'm the only one
Come on and lay with me
Come on and lie to me
Tell me you love me
Say I'm the only one
Come on and lay with me
Come on and lie to me
Tell me you love me
Say I'm the only one
Lie to Me was written by Martin L. Gore.
Lie to Me was produced by Depeche Mode & Gareth Jones & Daniel Miller.
Depeche Mode released Lie to Me on Mon Sep 24 1984.
The band said that “Lie To Me” is one of their favorite Depeche Mode songs.
In the documentary on the DVD of the Some Great Reward remaster from 2006 they are respectively quoted:
Martin Gore :
“Lie To Me”: I don’t know if we made the best version of that that we possibly could have done, but I qu...