“Heaven's A Lie” by Lacuna Coil

"Heaven's a Lie" was the first single from Comalies, the 2002 album Lacuna Coil made for Century Media with Waldemar Sorychta producing and engineering, and it's gothic metal built as a two-voice affair: Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Ferro share the lead vocals, and the writing credit goes to all six players on the track.

Plenty of listeners took it as an attack on religion, but the title isn't meant literally. Scabbia has explained that heaven stands in for the idea of a perfect life, and that the song takes aim at people who push their opinions on everyone else; on stage, Ferro introduces it as being about freedom of ideas. When it caught on in late 2003, the band played an acoustic version on Headbangers Ball.

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