For anyone seeking further clarification, this is the difference between "lie", an intransitive verb (takes no object) and "lay", a transitive verb which takes

For anyone seeking further clarification, this is the difference between "lie", an intransitive verb (takes no object) and "lay", a transitive verb which takes an object. So, you lie in bed, but you lay something down. The two different verbs tenses are confusing though: lie, lay (past), lain (past participle). You lay in bed last night or had lain in bed. lay, laid (past and past participle). Also, to get laid is something that often happens while lying in bed. And of course, lie has multiple meanings, and people will sometime lie to get laid and then lie in bed to do so. (English is lunatic language.)