{"id":404,"date":"2008-09-21T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-22T04:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=404"},"modified":"2015-11-02T18:35:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T02:35:45","slug":"a-thousand-lies-bridge-to-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2008\/09\/21\/a-thousand-lies-bridge-to-nowhere\/","title":{"rendered":"A Thousand Lies (Bridge to Nowhere)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNEW SONG ALERT!<\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/span>he best liars don’t really need<\/span> a reason.<\/span><\/p>\n

They’re glib. They’re creative. They enjoy<\/span> lying.<\/p>\n

They’re not sociopaths… clinically speaking. They have feelings, stirrings of empathy; they indulge in sentimentalism and symbolic emotionalism… in fact, it’s the language they speak… all too fluently<\/span>, at times.<\/p>\n

\n
A Thousand Lies (Bridge to Nowhere)<\/em><\/strong>
\n
\nlisten<\/a><\/span>\u00a0[soundclick – requires Flash] <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Special YouTube Version<\/a>— A tribute to Warhol’s epic, “Empire”<\/p>\n

The delight they take in their lies helps sustain them. It invigorates them. In a very real way, their lies give meaning to their lives.<\/p>\n

Because they lie from the inside, out<\/span>.<\/p>\n

In a way, the skein of interlocking lies that lace their lives, is<\/span> their lives.<\/p>\n

They lie to themseslves even though they are perfectly aware they’re lying. Their lies are simultaneously excuses and self-entertainments, creative endeavors that provide endless hours of diversion and delight.<\/p>\n

And… sometimes… they become politicians.<\/p>\n

lyrics<\/span><\/span>
\nA Thousand Lies (Bridge to Nowhere)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve got a thousand lies
\nI can’t wait to tell you
\nI’ve got a bridge to nowhere
\nI know I could sell you
\nI’ve got a real nice dream
\nas phony as hell
\nyou know it’s all a
\npart of the game<\/p>\n

I know the rules
\nI’m making them up
\nanything that works
\njust to stay on top
\nI don’t care who
\nelse takes the drop
\n’cause it’s all a
\npart of the game<\/p>\n

tell a lie often enough<\/span>
\npeople forget<\/span>
\nwhere the truth leaves off<\/span>
\nbut sometimes that truth<\/span><\/del>
\ncan be pretty rough<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/del>and usually the truth
\nis just not enough<\/span>
\n<\/span>besides it’s all a part of the game<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve got a reason
\nfor all that I do
\nlife’s got a meaning
\nI’ll explain it to you
\nit’s all about me
\nit’s not about you and
\nit’s all a part of the game<\/p>\n

2008-09-19
\n(C)2008, TK Major<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW SONG ALERT! The best liars don’t really need a reason. They’re glib. They’re creative. They enjoy lying. They’re not sociopaths… clinically speaking. They have feelings, stirrings of empathy; they indulge in sentimentalism and symbolic emotionalism… in fact, it’s the language they speak… all too fluently, at times. A Thousand Lies (Bridge to Nowhere) listen\u00a0[soundclick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,340,263,67,5],"tags":[358],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2331,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions\/2331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}