Tell the Truth or at Least Don't Lie
One way of conceptualizing yourself is that you're one
Speck of dust among seven billion
And
When you conceptualize yourself that way you might think
Well what difference does it make what I say or do
And that's actually quite convenient for you
Because if it doesn't matter
What you say or do then you don't have any responsibility
And you can do whatever you want
The price you pay for that is a bit of nihilism
But if you don't have to shoulder any responsibility
That's a small price to pay
The other way of looking at it then this is actually
The accurate way of looking at it
Is that you're in a network
You're a note in the network
And so
You can do a little bit of arithmetic very rapidly and just
Figure out how powerful you are
You know a thousand people
They know a thousand people
That means that you're one person away from a million people
And two persons away from a billion people
And you're the center of that network
And now the way networks work is that the information
Propagates in a network manner
So, don't underestimate the power of your speech
Don't underestimate the power of truth
There's nothing more powerful
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Or at least don't lie, that's a start
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Or at least don't lie, that's a start
Now in order to speak what you might regard as the truth
You have to let go of the outcome
You have to think alright I'm going to say what I think
Stupid as I am biased as I am ignorant as I am
I'm going to state what I think as clearly as I can
And I'm going to live with the consequences no matter what they are
Now the reason you think that, that's an element of faith
The idea is that nothing brings a better world
Into being than the stated truth
Now you might have to pay a price for that
But that's fine you're gonna pay a price for every bloody
Thing you do and everything you don't do
You don't get to choose to not pay a price
You get to choose which poison you're going to take that's it
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Or at least don't lie, that's a start
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Or at least don't lie, that's a start
It's almost impossible to provide people with enough
Protection so that they feel safe to speak
Okay so we'll address that directly
It is not safe to speak and it never will be
But the thing you gotta keep in mind is that
It's even less safe not to speak
Right it's a balance of risks
It's like you want to pay the price for being who you are
And stating your motive being in the world
Or do you want to pay the price for being bloody serve
One that's enslaved him or herself
But that's a major price man
That thing unfolds over decades you'll just be a miserable
Worm at the end of about twenty years of that
Right no self-respect
No power
No ability to voice your opinions
Nothing left but resentment because everyone's against you
Say what you think carefully
Pay attention to your words
It's a price you want to pay if you're willing to believe
That truth is the corner stone of society
The most real friends if you're willing to take that
Leap then tell the truth and see what happens
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Or at least don't lie, that's a start
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Or at least don't lie, that's a start
You think "Oh well I'll lie and I'll get away with it"
It's like no you won't
You can't get away with warping the structure of being
It's like, "I can lie and get away with it"
I see
Here's your theory
All this reality around you that you don't comprehend at all
There is not that much of you
There is a lot of it
And you're gonna do something that isn't in
Harmony with that and it's gonna work
That's your theory
Speck of dust among seven billion
And
When you conceptualize yourself that way you might think
Well what difference does it make what I say or do
And that's actually quite convenient for you
Because if it doesn't matter
What you say or do then you don't have any responsibility
And you can do whatever you want
The price you pay for that is a bit of nihilism
But if you don't have to shoulder any responsibility
That's a small price to pay
The other way of looking at it then this is actually
The accurate way of looking at it
Is that you're in a network
You're a note in the network
And so
You can do a little bit of arithmetic very rapidly and just
Figure out how powerful you are
You know a thousand people
They know a thousand people
That means that you're one person away from a million people
And two persons away from a billion people
And you're the center of that network
And now the way networks work is that the information
Propagates in a network manner
So, don't underestimate the power of your speech
Don't underestimate the power of truth
There's nothing more powerful
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Or at least don't lie, that's a start
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Or at least don't lie, that's a start
Now in order to speak what you might regard as the truth
You have to let go of the outcome
You have to think alright I'm going to say what I think
Stupid as I am biased as I am ignorant as I am
I'm going to state what I think as clearly as I can
And I'm going to live with the consequences no matter what they are
Now the reason you think that, that's an element of faith
The idea is that nothing brings a better world
Into being than the stated truth
Now you might have to pay a price for that
But that's fine you're gonna pay a price for every bloody
Thing you do and everything you don't do
You don't get to choose to not pay a price
You get to choose which poison you're going to take that's it
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Or at least don't lie, that's a start
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Or at least don't lie, that's a start
It's almost impossible to provide people with enough
Protection so that they feel safe to speak
Okay so we'll address that directly
It is not safe to speak and it never will be
But the thing you gotta keep in mind is that
It's even less safe not to speak
Right it's a balance of risks
It's like you want to pay the price for being who you are
And stating your motive being in the world
Or do you want to pay the price for being bloody serve
One that's enslaved him or herself
But that's a major price man
That thing unfolds over decades you'll just be a miserable
Worm at the end of about twenty years of that
Right no self-respect
No power
No ability to voice your opinions
Nothing left but resentment because everyone's against you
Say what you think carefully
Pay attention to your words
It's a price you want to pay if you're willing to believe
That truth is the corner stone of society
The most real friends if you're willing to take that
Leap then tell the truth and see what happens
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Or at least don't lie, that's a start
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Tell the truth
Or at least don't lie, that's a start
You think "Oh well I'll lie and I'll get away with it"
It's like no you won't
You can't get away with warping the structure of being
It's like, "I can lie and get away with it"
I see
Here's your theory
All this reality around you that you don't comprehend at all
There is not that much of you
There is a lot of it
And you're gonna do something that isn't in
Harmony with that and it's gonna work
That's your theory
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Writer(s): Adam Narkiewicz
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Other Album Tracks
- Stand Up Straight With Your Shoulders Back
- Treat Yourself Like Someone You Are Responsible for Helping
- Make Friends With People Who Want the Best for You
- Compare Yourself to Who You Were Yesterday, Not to Who Someone Else Is Today
- Don't Let Your Children Do Anything That Makes You Dislike Them
- Set Your House in Perfect Order Before You Criticize the World
- Pursue What Is Meaningful, Not What Is Expedient
- Tell the Truth or at Least Don't Lie
- Assume That the Person You're Listening to Might Know Something You Don't
- Be Precise in Your Speech
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