Lyrics Anaylse

Lyrics analysing of 'Been Lying' - Rita Ora
Don't wear my shades to be cool

I wear to hide my tears from you

Behind the smoke i'm so red eye

And i'm tired of you asking why

I said i've been lying to you

And i've been lying to me too

"Don't wear my shades to be cool, I wear to hide my tears from you" She wears sunglasses or referred to as 'shades' because the song was created by an american song writer, to her her tears from 'you' she is referring to the person the song is written about. The 'you' in my music video will refer to her other half, a boy, (Charlie) who she is breaking up with. "Behind the smoke i'm so red eye, and i'm tired of you asking why" Behind the smoke will refer to her pop star life and been on stage and red eyes will be because of her crying and been upset because of the break up. Her been tired of him asking why is as he has been questioning her lots wanting to know whats going on and she is confused and sick of the questions. "I said I've been lying to you, and I've been lying to me too" The name of the song is mentioned as part of the chorus is, she has been lying to her boyfriend but then a very deep line has been said shes been lying to herself, as if she is loosing herself in this whole relationship/breakup and has been lying to herself about it all as if to hide herself from the reality of it all. 

My heart has been through hell and back

I've only dressed in pretty and black

Middle finger when it comes to love

Act like I don't really give a f-ck

Cause I've been lying to you

I said I've been lying to me too

"My heart has been through hell and back, I've only dressed in pretty and black" She hasn't had an easy time in this relationship and and refers to her heart been through hell and back, meaning she has had complete opposite feelings one been totally in love and the opposite been the worst feelings ever referring to hell. The clothes she has only worn have either been pretty girly clothes or plain black, this refers to her moods and matches them. "Middle finger when it comes to love, act like I don't really give a f***" The middle finger means swearing the typical 'fuck off' sign used in today's society towards people a rude gesture and frowned upon, something you certainly wouldn't do  in a formal environment. Putting her middle finger up makes her act like she doesn't care, when in reality she really does but it is much easier to pretend she does not care.

"Cause I've been lying to you, I said I've been lying to me too" The main line of the song is then repeated.

I've been lying, lying to you

Baby i've been lying, lying to me, too

I've been lying, lying to you

Baby i've been lying, lying to me, too

This is the course of the song, repeating that she has been lying to her other half repeatedly and also lying to herself, therefore loosing who she is and her identity which often happens in long term relationships they stop doing things they used to enjoy doing and hobbies die short, I'm going to portray in these lines several shots of doing things she used to love such as painting ect.

I don't always say what I want to say

I tattoo myself to show my pain

Don't lead in a crowded space even though we're both face to face

Cause i've been lying to you

Said i've been lying to me too

"I don't always say what I want to say" She is scared to always say what she wants to to0 her other half, maybe because she is afraid of hurting his feelings so therefore she has lied to try to protect him and keep him happy but in reality she has just lost herself. 

"I tattoo myself to show my pain" She has tattoos onto herself to show her pain and despair, she feels this is the only way she can communicate her pain. "Don't lead in a crowded space even though we're both face to face" Neither of them try to lead the conversation/pace/relationship or the fact that they're dancing together at an event or club as they're face to face the closest they can be, but yet she or neither of them lead each other in public the time when they're most likely expected too. "Cause I've been lying to you, said I've been lying to me too" The again repeated line 

Hurry up and wake for the spotlight

Looks like another whiskey night

What's inside they never expose

They only see what the camera shows

Cause i've been lying to you

Said I've been lying to me too, noo

"Hurry up and wake for the spotlight" Been a pop star she will be used to waking up early to fit to her tight schedule of business and interviews to fill and the spotlight is the media she had been thrown into. "Looks like another whiskey night, what's inside they never expose" Another whiskey night refers to drinking her problems away at the end of the day, in the only time she will have to herself and reflect on everything wrong within the relationship. What they never expose is referred to the Media never exposing what is really inside, obviously she is broken and suffering and drinking her problems away and these are inside her and they are never exposed to the Media for everyone to know. "They only see what the camera shows" The camera of the media only portrays what they want everyone else to see, or what her managers want everyone to see her been happy not broken and troubled. "Cause I've been lying to you, said I've been lying to me too, noo" The same repeated line again expect the add on of 'noo' almost denying it to herself.

I've been lying, lying to you

Baby I've been lying, lying to me, too

I've been lying, lying to you

Baby i've been lying, lying to me, too

The chorus of the song is again repeated.

It's like the whole world's getting at me

Tryin to make everyone happy, that ain't me

Walking around, wearing a smile, but deep down i'm really f-cked up, this ain't me

I don't wanna quit, tryin to hang with this

And figure it out who the hell I am

I don't mean to make you run away

But I don't wanna forget to be me

"Its like the whole world's getting at me" She feels trapped and suffocated by everyone in her life and feels like no matter what she does it isn't good enough for them "Tryin to make everyone happy, that ain't me" Tryin to make everyone happy that wasn't her before she used to just be herself and she doesn't understand how she has got into all this so deeply. "Walking around, wearing a smile, but deep down i'm really f**ked up, this ain't me" She isn't a girl who walks around and pretends to be happy as usually she is generally happy and she is so confused and upset by it all that she doesn't know how to get out of it all she describes herself as deep down shes really 'fucked up' as she is a mess inside. I want to show shots of her make-up running when she refers to this line. She repeats again this ain't me, emphasizing how much this isn't like her. "I don't wanna quit, tryin to hang with this" She doesn't want to give up on the relationship because obviously she has strong feelings for the boy and wants to try and 'hang in' by keep trying to make it work and work it out. "And try to figure out who the hell i am" She's forgotten who she is and lost her self identity she wants to find herself again without loosing her other half because she feels part of their problems are because she's not sure who she is no more and feels suffocated. "I don't mean to make you run away, but I don't wanna forget to be me" She doesn't want to push him away in figuring out this whole situation but it is also just as important that she fixes herself before she fixes the relationship.

The truth is I don't wanna lose you

But I don't wanna lose me too

She doesn't want to loose her boyfriend in all truth and honesty, but she can't loose herself or sanity either. She needs him to stick with her throughout it no matter how difficult it may become she has decided, a repeat of the same things she has been saying.

I've been lying, lying to you

Baby i've been lying, lying to me, too

I've been lying, lying to you

Baby i've been lying, lying to me, too

I've been lying, lying to you

Baby I've been lying, lying to me, too

I've been lying, lying to you

Baby i've been lying, lying to me, too

The chorus is then repeated twice to end the song, I'm going to show several shots of notes she has left around the place they stay saying where she has gone but obviously lies she has told, I want to show shots of her walking towards a car and getting in with the headlights on at night time to show she's been lying and to create the suspense of her been seeing somebody else.