The Beths – Straight Line Was a Lie

Song of the Day

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Music, Music Commentary

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🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Today’s Song of the Day is the title track from The Beths’ new album, Straight Line Was a Lie, out now on Anti- Records.

Transcript

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0:00.0	One, two, three, four.
0:02.0	Sorry, I was thinking about something else.
0:05.0	One, two, three, four.
0:08.0	I thought I was getting fitted, but I'm back to where I started, and the straight line was a circle, yeah, the straight line was alive.
0:32.6	I thought I was getting fitted, but I'm back to where I started and the strange mind was a circle.
0:43.3	Yeah, the strange mind was a light.
0:46.3	Guess I'll take a long way, because every way, it's a long way Because every way
0:56.0	It's a long way
0:59.0	It's all day
1:02.0	It's a long way
1:05.0	Because every way
1:09.0	It's a long way
1:13.6	I don't know if I started and the strain line was a circle, yeah, the straight line was alive.
1:49.0	I thought I was getting better, but I'm back to where I started, and the straight line was a circle, yeah, the straight line was alive.
2:02.6	It's a long way.
2:07.6	It's every way.
2:10.6	It's the long way.
2:14.6	A guess I'll take.
2:15.6	It's the long way. Long way I guess I'll take
2:18.3	It's a long way
2:21.3	Because every way
2:25.3	It's a long way
	...

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