FOUR YEAR STRONG have released a brand new video for “Learn To Love The Lie” taken from their highly anticipated fifth full-length album “Brain Pain” which will be released on 28th February via Pure Noise Records. This is the bandโs first album since their self-titled release in 2015 and soon, fans will learn that it was worth every second of waiting.
“‘Learn To Love The Lie’ was one of the first songs we wrote for ‘Brain Pain’. It’s about being stuck in a mutually miserable relationship, but youโre both too much of a coward to leave. If youโre going to lie to yourself about being happy, you might as well learn to love it. Lets not kid ourselves…Weโve all been there” explains vocalist Dan OโConnor .
The band – which is made up of vocalist/guitarists Dan OโConnor and Alan Day, bassist Joe Weiss and drummer Jake Massucco – began conceptualising the ideas for “Brain Pain” two years ago and for the past year-and-a-half have focused on bringing those thoughts to fruition.
โWe didnโt want to set a strict deadline for this album because we wanted to be sure we took the time to write the best songs possible. In the past our writing and recording was so dependent on getting something out in time to go on tour; this time we really had the opportunity to take our time and work through these ideasโ.
In order to capture that sound the group enlisted producer Will Putney, who was an engineer on 2010โs “Enemy Of The World” and already had a relationship with the band.
โWe were really emotionally invested in this music so we wanted to go with someone who we knew would care about it as much as we did and Will was that guyโ Day says.
“Learn To Love The Lie” Lyrics:
I wish it was just another day
Another ordinary, nothing extraordinary,Just a boring Sunday morning
When doing nothingโs the only something weโve got planned
But not todayWere falling apart and its showing that were
basically just trapped in captivity
Wishing our way outJust Let me cross my fingers behind my backand Iโll swear on anything you want me to after thatIโve heard that if I cross my heart then Iโd have to die
If you donโt want to say good
bye then I guess youโll have to learn to love the lie You and me,. weโre really nothing but enemies
pretending were not meant to beI donโt want to be the one to stayI donโt want to be the one that got awayAnd if Iโm being honest, you couldnโt get rid of me anyway I donโt want to be the one to stay What the hell? For heavens sake I donโt want to be the one that got awayIf Massachusetts had a loyaltyI hope it wouldnโt choose you over me And if youโre wondering what keeps me up at nightIts thinking that you might be right
You and me, weโre really nothing but enemies
pretending thatโs exactly how its supposed to be
You can say what you want about me
The old me would not apologize
You can do what you want without meIf only I could keep us from collidingOver analyzing every move we makeWe think were just surviving but slowly we were dyinguntil the rattle somehow brings us back to lifeSo lets learn to love the lie
