Marillion - Living With the Big Lie Lyrics

Lyrics Living With the Big Lie - Marillion



It all began with the bright light
The bright light and the noise
The chaos of the senses and the scream of desire
Touching and being touched
A million loose ends to tie up
The ticking of the clock and the cradle rock
The colours stand still
And then they move around
Coming in and out of focus upside down
Empty winter trees
How space feels
Love of the soft flowers and the sky
One fine day
The chaos subsides
Bleeds into awareness
And a lifetime of surprise
The beauty of your mother's eyes
The pain when you fall
You drink it in and marvel at it all
But you never really figure it out
You get used to it
The babble of the family
And the dumb TV
Roar of the traffic and the thunder of jets
The chemicals in the water
Drugs in the food
The heat of the kitchen and the beat of the system
The attitude of authority
And the laws and the rules
Hit me square in the face, first morning at school
The heroes and the zeroes
The first love of my life
When to kiss and to kick and to keep your head down when they're choosing the sides
I was never any good at it
I was terrified most of the time
I never got over it
I got used to it
Alone in the city at seventeen
With the hollow and the lonely
The drowning and the drowned
I was made to feel worthless
The wretched and the mean
Beat me up like a weapon I can't run away from or find a way round
Holdin' on
Holdin' on
The greed and the missiles
Exploding somewhere every day
Hideous dark secrets under the sea and in holes in the ground
The cold war's gone
But those bastards'll find us another one
They're here to protect you, don't you know?
So get used to it, get used to it!
Oh, the clash of religions
The loaded prayers
Information, the face of starvation and the state of the nation
The sense that it's useless
And the fear to try
Not believing the leaders, the media that feeds us
Living with the big lie
You get used to it
Yeah, get used to it
It's okay, it's ok, I got used to it



Writer(s): M. Kelly, S. Rothery, P. Trewavas, I. Mosley, S. Hogarth


Marillion - The Singles '89-'95
Album The Singles '89-'95
date of release
03-03-2003

1 Hooks In You - 7'' Mix
2 The Great Escape (Alternative Ending)
3 Marouatte Jam
4 Winter Trees - Instrumental
5 River - Instrumental;Live
6 Hooks in You - Meaty Mix
7 After Me
8 Uninvited Guest - 7'' Version
9 Uninvited Guest - 12'' Version
10 The Bell in the Sea
11 Easter - 7'' Edit
12 The Release
13 Easter - 12'' Edit
14 Uninvited Guest - Live
15 Warm Wet Circles - Live
16 That Time of the Night - Live
17 Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)
18 How Can It Hurt
19 The Party
20 No One Can
21 A Collection
22 Splintering Heart - Live
23 Dry Land - 7'' Edit
24 Holloway Girl - Live
25 Waiting to Happen - Live
26 Easter - Live
27 Sugar Mice - Live
28 After Me - Live
29 The King of Sunset Town - Live
30 Substitute - Live
31 Dry Land
32 Sympathy
33 Kayleigh - Live
34 Dry Land - Live
35 I Will Walk On Water - 5'' Mix
36 Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven) [Mike Stone Remix]
37 Sympathy - Acoustic Version
38 Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven) - Acoustic Version
39 Sugar Mice - Acoustic Version
40 Made Again
41 The Hollow Man
42 Brave
43 The Great Escape (Orchestral Version)
44 Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury - Radio Edit
45 Living With the Big Lie
46 Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury
47 Bridge - Live
48 Living With the Big Lie - Live
49 Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven) - Live
50 Slainte Mhath - Live
51 The Space - Live
52 Beautiful
53 Afraid of Sunrise
54 Icon
55 Live Forever
56 The Great Escape (Demo Version)
57 Hard As Love (Demo Version)




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