Oh! The lies we tell ourselves
The fibs that keep us going
Stretch the truth until it breaks
Just let the web keep growing

Let's all get tangled up like flies
Then thrash around a little
Until the spiders come to feast
And drain us till we're brittle

Let's shun the truth like terrorism
Wage a war against it
Who needs truth when truth can hurt
And no one will defend it

I can't believe the things I hear
The answers that I'm getting
It gets me pining for the end
That final, last sun setting

Not another of-the-cuff
Revision of the past
Not another lie to fill me up
Then run out fast

Not this same old song and dance
Around what's really real
Not this path that takes us past
The point where we can heal

We'd better make a full account
The reckoning is coming
The truth should be the last thing
That sets our feet to running

So I will face myself alone
The good, the bad, the crazy
But if you refuse to do the same
It's nothing less than lazy

You've spent your lives reminding me
Of my every flaw and weakness
But when the mirror's facing you
It seems your keeping secrets

I wont let the truth I know
Be silenced by ignorant bliss
You can live with your head in the sand
But there's so much you're going to miss

01/21/2009

Author's Note: i got text-evicted from my mothers house because i refuse to whitewash the truth for her benefit anymore. its time she starts owning up to it for mine.

Posted on 01/22/2009
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