[Living the Lie] is more of a personal statement about people I have seen abuse themselves, especially with drugs. If you believe the lies that people are telling you who don’t really care about you, then that is evil. The song is really just about people who don’t care about others and lead them do...
When a milion miles from nowhere
Is still too close to home
You're with a hundred thousand people
And you still feel all alone
She was never in the circle
Or the round would be a square
And the more she seemed to want it
Oh, the less they seemed to care
Sold out and no admission
Too late to buy
It's never who, it's only why
She's living the lie
Living the lie
When you're on your way to somewhere
But the elevator falls
Do you look for stairs to Heaven
Or wander through the halls?
He was only dedicated
To the ones who make the law
But they burned with too much fire
And his heart was made of straw
No ticket, no admission
Too late to buy
It's always he and he knows why
He's living the lie
Living the lie
How bad do you want it?
How far will you go?
If you're looking at tomorrow
To forget about today
Then the past will be your future
And it's there you'll always stay
What about the pictures
That smile from magazines?
The ultimate temptation
Our new Kings and all our Queens
Such heat and too much pressure
Not worth the try
No more for them
Now it's I
And no more living the lie
Living the lie
Oh, why?
Live the lie
Living the Lie was written by Simon Wright & Craig Goldy & Dio.
Living the Lie was produced by Dio.
Dio released Living the Lie on Mon Aug 30 2004.