Plain Truth

Temple; Marner

I'm just who I say I am,
No more, no less --
I'm just myself.
But people'd rather have their own me,
So they make me into someone else.
I guess it's easier to pretend,
But I don't want to be like them.

Everything that I do, I feel.
That's all I am;
It's what I've got.
But people are afraid to be real,
So they're acting like what they are not.
Now I'm telling you once again
That I don't want to be like them.

: No more lies. (no more lies)
No more making alibis.
No more 'what a big surprise' when you fa-a-ake it.
But believing this leaves me all alone,
Sitting here on a stone,
Hoping somebody will tell me the truth.

Are you who you seem to be?
And if you are, how can I know
When people they deceive their own hearts,
So they're buried under so much snow?
But as honesty is my friend,
No, I don't want to be like them.

: Truth is plain, (truth is plain)
And it never causes pain,
But you slowly go insane when you fa-a-ake it.
But believing this leaves me all alone,
Sitting here on a stone,
Hoping somebody will tell me the truth.

There was a time when I hoped for something new,
But now I don't care.
For I know I'd rather be
Isolated and free
And allowed to be me
Than filled with all the lies that they share.
As I'm waiting here to transcend,
No, I don't want to be like them.

For the truth is a perfect gem,
So alone I will stay.
If they ask me I'll say
That I don't want to be like them.