I can always find someone
To say they sympathize
If I wear my heart out on my sleeve
But I don't want some pretty face
To tell me pretty lies
All I want is someone to believe
Honesty is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty is hardly ever heard
And mostly what I need from you
When I'm deep inside of me
Don't be too concerned
I won't ask for nothin' while I'm gone
But when I want sincerity
Tell me where else can I turn
Because you're the one that I depend upon
Honesty- Billy Joel
Honesty- Billy Joel
Where is that someone who came up with that idiotic phrase?
"What you do not know will not hurt you"
I'm sorry but I think thats complete and utter nonsense
He/she probably did not want to be the bearer of bad news
You know how it goes
Everyone shoots the messenger with the shitty message :)
I cannot believe a word you say
Why do you expect me to?
When every truth you ever told me
Was shrouded with a cover cloth of lies
When you made a conscious effort
To weave your intricate web of deceit around me
Indeed, I was right there in the middle
And everyone else was looking in from the outside
You, the skilled weaver, clearly had the advantage
For I was separated from everyone else
And you were standing with the observers
And indeed, they only saw what you let them see!
Your sincerity means almost nothing to me
And can you really blame me?
When all you ever showed me were bits and pieces
You showed me only the pictures you wanted me to see
You played with the camera angles and dimmed the lights
And lets not forget the silent observers
The silent observers that I never made contact with
Never made contact with them because I wanted to spare them..
The agony of choosing sides
Those silent observers saw more than I was allowed to see
And I did not even see them watching
Those silent observers.. and then some
"By their deeds, You shall know them"
So says The Good Book
Funny how I know you only because of what..
.. you tried with all your might to prevent me from knowing
You say 'Trust', I say 'Huh?'
You say 'Truth', I think 'Bullshit'
How about you try being a little straight-forward
No need to pull a random lie out of your ass
No need to cover-up your under-the-counter deeds
Keep doing your 'thang', that is all fine and dandy
All I ask is that you stop clinging to me
Let go, Do let go
For I have not asked you to be mine
I already know you are not
Please remove me from your web of deceit
For I am wiser because the picture gets clearer everyday
With no help from you, Ofcourse
Oh sneaky one, how about a little sincerity
To thy own self be true, and accept the fact that..
You are only insincerely mine
The truth does not hurt anymore
And I stopped being yours long ago
Because you were never mine
Only In-sincerely Mine
"What you do not know will not hurt you"
I'm sorry but I think thats complete and utter nonsense
He/she probably did not want to be the bearer of bad news
You know how it goes
Everyone shoots the messenger with the shitty message :)
I cannot believe a word you say
Why do you expect me to?
When every truth you ever told me
Was shrouded with a cover cloth of lies
When you made a conscious effort
To weave your intricate web of deceit around me
Indeed, I was right there in the middle
And everyone else was looking in from the outside
You, the skilled weaver, clearly had the advantage
For I was separated from everyone else
And you were standing with the observers
And indeed, they only saw what you let them see!
Your sincerity means almost nothing to me
And can you really blame me?
When all you ever showed me were bits and pieces
You showed me only the pictures you wanted me to see
You played with the camera angles and dimmed the lights
And lets not forget the silent observers
The silent observers that I never made contact with
Never made contact with them because I wanted to spare them..
The agony of choosing sides
Those silent observers saw more than I was allowed to see
And I did not even see them watching
Those silent observers.. and then some
"By their deeds, You shall know them"
So says The Good Book
Funny how I know you only because of what..
.. you tried with all your might to prevent me from knowing
You say 'Trust', I say 'Huh?'
You say 'Truth', I think 'Bullshit'
How about you try being a little straight-forward
No need to pull a random lie out of your ass
No need to cover-up your under-the-counter deeds
Keep doing your 'thang', that is all fine and dandy
All I ask is that you stop clinging to me
Let go, Do let go
For I have not asked you to be mine
I already know you are not
Please remove me from your web of deceit
For I am wiser because the picture gets clearer everyday
With no help from you, Ofcourse
Oh sneaky one, how about a little sincerity
To thy own self be true, and accept the fact that..
You are only insincerely mine
The truth does not hurt anymore
And I stopped being yours long ago
Because you were never mine
Only In-sincerely Mine
Inspired by too many different conversions with too many different people and about too many different people. Too many different stories, about too many different people, in too many different area and country codes.. intricately woven into a poem, stories within a story..because I am awake at 4am and I have nothing to do :)
Thanks for the true words you have spoken and for being REAL! This was just too on point.
ReplyDelete* ps. Billy Joel - my two obroni Engineering buddies sort of tormented me into listening to his music for lab and every night we spent doing lab reports (pretty much the whole semester). hmm Billy Joel - Pianoman, The longest Time all of them. now I'll look for Honesty :) I was praying I could have been done with him
the underlying theme.. of trust.. we trust too many people without our hearts, our secrets, our beings, hoping they will keep them safe and dear to their hearts.. but they end of disappointing. life.. it keeps dealing you lemons when all you want are tangerines.
ReplyDeleteHaha..MysTery, u can listen to Beyonce's version of 'Honesty', i have it, I can send that to you. I love 'for the longest time', listened to it like 2 days ago :) Pianoman is on point too. I'm such an old woman.
ReplyDelete@ Opeekay..first of all, u need to explain the new name, i love ur new blog layout tho. Secondly, you're right. I was talking to a friend and she was like 'hmm, these days when i'm thinking something or want to do something I just won't tell anyone, I keep my thoughts to myself', and I kinda understood, because you don't want to be the one telling someone something and then right then and there the person is also texting someone about your fila. I mean, lets face it, we all share information sometimes, but people need to have the common sense separate what can be shared with everybody and their momma and what can't.