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common lies
   

sometimes I get so frustrated with the common lies
all the abuses we hide each time we close our eyes
sometimes I just want to scream or just upset the plan
for I see too much madness in the common ways of man

and they would call me mad man
too different to be real
and they would call me bad man
because they're afraid to feel

so they'd rather bury themselves in their common lies
bowing to false power in ornate plastic disguise
they'd rather destroy themselves with deadly escapes
like a man who blames his hatred on the woman he rapes

and they would call me evil
for I would speak the truth
and they would call me devil
for I would love their youth

and of course everybody has their rules and their reasons
for ignoring or destroying what they don't understand
but committing social suicide with acceptable poisons
can not be what any good higher power had planned


give god a break, stop blaming him
take responsibility for what you do
give me a break, it is no sin
to seek and expose what is true


haven't we had enough of the common lies
don't you ever get tired of closing your eyes
if I turned over your great alters just to help you see
would you believe your own eyes or would you attack me
or would you then ask me to set you free?

I'd rather be called mad man
and ostracized or scorned
so if you'd call me bad man
at least you have been warned
I don't want you to trust me

if you don't trust yourself
they answers I want to see
are not in books on your shelves
they're in the truths that you hide from yourselves
they're in the secrets that you never tell
they're in the lives you live between
your heaven and your hell


the answers I seek are not found in your common lies
they are found in the reasons you use to close your eyes
but you've got your defenses so acceptable and strong
that my questions give you cause to say I don't belong




so you can call me mad man
or evil or just strange
or you can call me bad man
for I want you to change

or you can call me sad man
for I feel all your fear
and if I am a mad man
you don't have to care

you can lose your self respect in your common lies
and pretend your self-esteem is real behind your disguise
and ignore all the abuse you support in all you do
nobody will call you wrong because they are all like you

and don't worry about it
for you have done it before
you can bury the truth well
you can always start a war

you don't have to face the truth
you can shirk responsibility
and if I offend you
you can just blame it on me

and if someone like Jesus
came to seek truth and transcend
and expose your common lies
you can say god bless and amen
and then crucify him once again


you can bury anything in your common lies
so acceptable to hide and close your eyes
call the truth seeker a mad man
call the exposer a bad man
and in the end you can feign great surprise
when you finally admit your common lies



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