{"id":6013,"date":"2015-11-03T23:30:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T05:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?page_id=6013"},"modified":"2015-11-03T23:30:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T05:30:40","slug":"you-lie-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/music\/you-lie-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;You Lie&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Written by Alyssa Buchanan. 31 October 2015.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Band Perry - You Lie (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pCwLsXZnFl4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Released in 2011, \u201cYou Lie\u201d was The Band Perry\u2019s third most popular single off their self-titled album, and second consecutive release to reach the top ten on the Hot Country Songs Chart. It is a song about a love that has been lost. The Band Perry\u2019s lead vocalist, Kimberly Perry, sings a cutthroat monologue to her cheating husband, repeatedly de-humanizing him for his unforgivable lies. Those in a monogamous or marital relationship largely supported the catchy tune\u2019s straightforward message, along with the younger audience who have newly experienced the possible brutality of a real relationship. The song is sung through the perspective of a deceived woman who villainizes her husband for his unforgivable actions against her.<\/p>\n<p>The three Perry siblings, Kimberly (32), Neil (25), and Reid (26) became the Band Perry in 2009 when they signed with Republic Nashville. \u201cTheir debut single, \u2018Hip to My Heart,\u2019 reached the Top 20, but it was their second single, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7NJqUN9TClM\">If I Die Young<\/a>,\u2019 that really launched their career, reaching number 1 in the country charts and crossing over to hit number 14 in Billboard\u2019s Hot 100.\u201d The Perry siblings were born in Jackson, Mississippi, but their music career began in Mobile, Alabama, so the band affiliates with multiple places as \u201dhome.\u201d They currently live in East Tennessee. \u201cWe\u2019ve got three hometowns,\u201d says Kimberly Perry.<\/p>\n<p>From one family trio to another, it was Aaron, Brian, and Clara Henningsen who wrote the Perry trio\u2019s smash-hit \u201cYou Lie.\u201d This father, son, and daughter group began writing in the 1990\u2019s and went on to release their debut single \u201cAmerican beautiful\u201d in 2012. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehenningsens.com\/\">The Henningsens<\/a> have penned and co-penned a few other tracks on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Band_Perry_(album)\">The Band Perry<\/a><\/em>, and co-wrote half of The Band Perry\u2019s new album <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pioneer_(The_Band_Perry_album)\">Pioneer<\/a><\/em>. The Henningsen trio and The Band Perry have developed a close relationship after sharing song notes and ideas, now going back and forth in helping write for each other\u2019s albums. \u201c\u2026We (the Henningsens) were fortunate to be included in their (the Band Perry\u2019s) group of people they liked working with,\u201d says Brian Henningsen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6021\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/IMG_0618.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6021\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6021\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/IMG_0618-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Band Perry and The Henningsens\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/IMG_0618-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/IMG_0618.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Band Perry with The Henningsens.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Their blooming relationship began from the initial face-to-face meeting, where the first song that the Henningsen\u2019s shared, and the song that immediately caught the eye of The Band Perry was, \u201cYou Lie.\u201d The familial ties of the song are clearly seen through the line, &#8220;My daddy\u2019s gonna straighten you out like a piece of wire, like a piece of wire.&#8221; These lyrics play into ideals from\u00a0traditional family values, which inevitably crossed over to this song from the father\/daughter writing of the Henningsons. Lines from the song even come directly from the Henningson family\u2019s own experiences. The fact that the family written song is sung by another family helps keep those ideals relevant.<\/p>\n<p>Much like the basis of the song &#8220;You Lie&#8221;, life is centered on relationships and making them work to your benefit. Whether business or casual, friends or a lover, any type of relationship is bound to hit a low point. \u201cYou Lie\u201d plays on this insecurity, but through a stance of empowerment. By asserting such strong allegations and harsh words upon the cheater, the audience is lead to believe that the man is a dirt bag. The song attempts to make the audience have negative feelings towards cheating, and believe that they don&#8217;t deserve to be lied to. This is achieved through the strength of the chorus of the song, where all three Perry voices are present instead of just Kimberly\u2019s vocals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/IMG_0620.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6025\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/IMG_0620-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"kimberly\" width=\"393\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/IMG_0620-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/IMG_0620.jpg 557w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The focus of the song is more about eliciting a feeling of hatred toward the cheater rather than empathy to the cheated. Lines like, &#8220;It ain&#8217;t complicated,&#8221; and, &#8220;they tried to warn me&#8221; talk about how the wife took a chance on this marriage, thinking that love would be enough even though her family and friends tried to tell her otherwise, and in the end she realized her mistake. Songs from Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert have ranted about this same issue and because of the strong, unyielding lead vocals from Kimberly Perry, it is noted that a similar main audience of young, independent women can also be attributed to the Band Perry. Assuming that this audience of independent, strong willed women would agree that women would agree that women should not be mistreated, the song harps about the deception for three minutes and forty-two seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Literary devices are used in many songs as rhetoric strategies. \u201cYou Lie\u201d is chock-full of these devices which aid in painting an ugly picture of a cheating husband. In the opening verse the line, \u201cI\u2019ve never liked the taste of crow but baby I ate it\u201d is sung directly to the offender, and sets the bitter tone of the rest of the song. The saying, \u201ceating crow\u201d is a colloquial idiom that was used in early America, meaning humiliation by admitting you are wrong or have been proven wrong after taking a strong position. Crow was thought of as tasting bad in the same way that one would swallow the fact that they were wrong or made a mistake. In the case of this song, marrying a cheating husband (crow) her big mistake that she had to deal with (she \u201cate it\u201d). Not everyone may know this expression as it is used few and far between nowadays, and is normally passed down from one generation to the next, like this instance the Henningsen family. \u201cMy dad blurted out, \u2018I never liked the taste of crow, but baby I ate it, and both Aaron and I were like \u2018Huh?\u2019\u201d Clara Henningsen reveals in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>The chorus of the song is line after line of similes. The lyric \u201cYou lie like the man with the slick back hair who sold me that Ford\u201d describes how the husband was untruthful about his actions. However the line \u201cyou lie like a penny in the parking lot of the grocery store\u201d talks about how the husband has alienated himself from the wife, and she is leaving him and not thinking twice about it. Both of these similes use comparisons to everyday things, and lies many people may experience in their own lives. The repetition of \u201cYou lie like a\u2026\u201d nine times over represents the songs position. This point is important because it elicits an emotion from the audience that expresses disdain for the husband.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/IMG_0619.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6024\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/IMG_0619-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"kimberly2\" width=\"389\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/IMG_0619-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/IMG_0619.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At first glance one might think \u201cIs this song reasonable? Is there logic behind all of the hating?\u201d The answer is yes. There are little clues throughout the song that express facts about the situation. If the song were based on a big misunderstanding, the story would fall through, so the storyline that is expressed helps to dismiss this potential problem. The line \u201cthat aint my perfume\u201d catches the husband after the act of cheating. It establishes that the wife recognizes a foreign smell on her husband and it makes her suspicious. She poses the question \u201cwhy ya lookin\u2019 so nervous?\u201d after sarcastically saying, \u201cyou told me you were out with the boys\u201d so he should really have no reason to be nervous. Posing questions and stating facts clears up any idea that the song was untruthful, and gives credit to the wife, especially when she reveals that the husband tried to apologize and \u201cbring [her] those big brown eyes and [her] that [he\u2019s] sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is evident that \u201cYou Lie\u201d is not a hollow song, but one with real background and depth. The success of the song can be credited not only to the Band Perry\u2019s popularity, but also to the concise and thoughtful rhetorical strategies used to catch the attention of the audience. The effective use of literary devices, emotional appeal, and logic was able to ensure message quality. There is no doubt that the Henningsen and Perry trios&#8217; preparation and delivery of the song were exceedingly well received.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"width: 480px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 40px\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Time<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Form<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Listening Cues<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Discussion<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 40px\">\u00a00:00<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">Intro<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">Violin string<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\">\u00a0Violin string instrumental, slow melody, rhythm drops off to begin lyrics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 40px\">0:10<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">Verse 1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">&#8220;It aint complicated..&#8221;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\">Slow tempo build, violin strings only<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 40px\">0:21<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">Verse 2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">&#8220;They tried to warn me&#8230;&#8221;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\">Add drums, tempo picks up near the end, lyrics are telling a story &#8220;Li-iiiii-ieeee&#8221; is drawn out, providing emphasis on the word<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 40px\">0:39<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">Chorus<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">&#8220;The way you lie&#8230;&#8221;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\">Enter the rest of the band singing along, drawn out lyrics, singing louder, drums, guitars, banjo present, main gist part of the song<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 40px\">1:12<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">Verse 3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">&#8220;That ain&#8217;t my perfume&#8230;&#8221;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\">Tempo slows back to intro\/verse 1, all instruments present, one voice singing, lyrics add to the story. Emphasis on &#8220;nervous&#8221; and &#8220;deserve this&#8221; to dramatize the confrontation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 40px\">\u00a01:41<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">Chorus<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">&#8220;The way you lie&#8230;&#8221;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\">Enter the rest of the band singing along, drawn out lyrics, singing louder, drums, guitars, banjo present, main gist part of the song<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 40px\">2:15<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">Verse 4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">&#8220;I&#8217;m gonna drive&#8230;&#8221;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\">\u00a0Add piano, solo vocals, lyrics continue story, violin comes back subtly then falls in tune with the regular beat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 40px\">2:49<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">Chorus<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">&#8220;Because you lie&#8230;&#8221;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\">Enter the rest of the band singing along, drawn out lyrics, singing louder, drums, guitars, banjo present, main gist part of the song<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 40px\">3:19<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">Outro<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 100px\">&#8220;Well its what you do&#8230;&#8221;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 200px\">Fall off of all instruments, left with ending vocals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Works Cited<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Band Perry &#8211; You Lie.&#8221; <i>YouTube<\/i>. YouTube, Web. 29 Oct. 2015. &lt;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pCwLsXZnFl4&gt;.<\/p>\n<p>Conaway, Alanna. &#8220;The Band Perry, \u2018You Lie\u2019 \u2013 Lyrics Uncovered.&#8221; <i>Taste of Country<\/i>., 18 May 2011. Web. 27 Oct. 2015. &lt;http:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/the-band-perry-you-lie-lyrics\/&gt;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Henningsens.&#8221; <i>The Henningsens<\/i>. Web. 27 Oct. 2015. &lt;http:\/\/www.thehenningsens.com\/&gt;.<\/p>\n<p>Hudak, Joseph. &#8220;In the Writing Room With The Henningsens and The Band Perry.&#8221; <i>Nash Country Weekly<\/i>, 2 Apr. 2013. Web. 27 Oct. 2015. &lt;http:\/\/www.countryweekly.com\/news\/writing-room-henningsens-and-band-perry&gt;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Song Analysis (You Lie &#8211; the Band Perry).&#8221; <i>Song Analysis (You Lie &#8211; the Band Perry)<\/i>. Web. 27 Oct. 2015. &lt;http:\/\/modual6songanalysis.weebly.com\/&gt;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Welcome to the Purdue OWL.&#8221; <i>Purdue OWL: Establishing Arguments<\/i>., 11 Mar. 2013. 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