One of My Lies
- "'One of My Lies' was written at a warehouse on 7th Street in West Oakland; I lived there with 15 roommates. Lucky Dog got me the room. RIP Lucky."
- — Billie Joe Armstrong
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| One of My Lies | |
| Written by: | Billie Joe Armstrong |
| Song length: | 2:19 |
| Album: | Kerplunk |
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| Previous song: | "Dominated Love Slave" |
| Next song: | "80" |
"One of My Lies" is a song from Kerplunk!.
Song meaning[edit | edit source]
When you're young, you feel like you can take on the world. Nothing can bring you down, you feel indestructible and the most important person the world has ever seen. When you start growing older you realize that you're just another person on this planet. You're not so special after all, even disposable. Experiencing these feelings makes the narrator feel down, and question his future (My immortal thoughts turned into just dreams of a dead future). Thinking he was immortal and important was just a lie to himself. Another interpretation could be made that the lies are told by older siblings, parents (the lyric I used to pray at night / Before I lay myself down / My mother said it was right / Her mother said it too... / Why?), and in the chorus talks about smoking, possibly for being frustrated to be welcomed to reality.
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
- Main article: One of My Lies/lyrics
| Tracks | "2000 Light Years Away" · "One for the Razorbacks" · "Welcome to Paradise" · "Christie Road" · "Private Ale" · "Dominated Love Slave" · "One of My Lies" · "80" · "Android" · "No One Knows" · "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?" · "Words I Might Have Ate" |
| Sweet Children EP (CD & cassette) | "Sweet Children" · "Best Thing in Town" · "Strangeland" · "My Generation" |
