Lies
Verse 1: Zach Bryan
Well, tell me you love me, that you'll always want meSay you'll always love it when I talk this wayTell me you'll be there when I need you the mostHold me close when the night turns to dayChorus: Zach Bryan
Tell me your lies, babe, your sweet little liesFill my heart with sweetness, with the words that you sayBeen seeking the truth all of my youthTruth means nothing when you look this wayTell me your liesVerse 2: Lana Del Rey
Tell me you'll always be right here foreverThat you had them, but you want me betterTell me everything that you ever saidWas just another excuse for what you meant insteadTell me all the times that you said I'm enoughWasn't just another fickle form of loveChorus: Both, Zach Bryan, Lana Del Rey
Tell me your lies, babe, your sweet little liesFill my heart with sweetness, with the words that you sayBeen seeking the truth all of my youthTruth means nothing when you look this wayTell me your lies in this house that you builtShameless when it comes to your sex and your guiltTell me your liesWell, tell me your lies (Lie)Bridge: Both, Lana Del Rey, Zach Bryan
I'll let you believe I'll never leave you without warningAnd I'll say anything just to see your little smileHow I'll be here in the morningNow I'll be here for a whileVerse 3: Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan & Lana Del Rey
Tell me the truth when it's hardest to sayEven if it means that you're leaving this wayHold me close as this night turns to dayThen walk away, just walk awayChorus: Both, Zach Bryan, Lana Del Rey
Tell me your lies, babe, your sweet little liesFill my heart with sweetness with the words that you sayBeen seeking the truth all of my youthTruth means nothing when you look that wayTell me your liesWell, tell me your liesTell me your lies (Tell me your lies)Well, tell me your liesWhat the song means
"Lies" is a sung dialogue between Zach Bryan and Lana Del Rey about a relationship that runs on comforting falsehoods. The speaker knows the words may not be true, yet asks to hear them anyway, because the promises of constant love and presence feel better than the uncertain truth. The duet structure suggests two people who are each complicit in the same pretense, with one asking for reassurance and the other giving it.
The mood moves from tender and wishful at the start to bitter and resigned by the end. The bridge admits outright that the speaker will say anything to keep the other person smiling, and the final verse turns to a painful request for honesty, followed by the instruction to walk away. The song closes on the idea that a truth delivered in the hardest moment may be the only real thing left.
Key images carry the emotional weight. "Sweet little lies" captures how pleasant deception can feel, while "fickle form of love" describes affection that cannot be counted on. "In this house that you built" treats the relationship as a structure made of lies, one that could fall apart at any moment.
Key phrases explained
- sweet little lies
- pleasant, harmless-seeming lies — The central refrain: the speaker knowingly asks to be soothed by falsehoods.
- fickle form of love
- a changeable, unreliable kind of love — Describes affection that shifts and cannot be trusted.
- you had them
- you were involved with other people — Casual slang hinting at infidelity, admitted in a rushed, offhand way.
- in this house that you built
- in the relationship you constructed — An image of a home built on lies that could collapse.
- Truth means nothing
- honesty has no value — Shows the speaker's resignation: truth loses its power when the other person's words are so comforting.
Song info
- Release date
- 2026-10-16
- Album
- Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs
- Written by
- Zach Bryan, Lana Del Rey
- Produced by
- Zach Bryan, Jamie McLaughlin, Eddie Spear
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