Everything's a Lie

When you're just an impressionable mind sent out in the field
It's safe to assume that all you've been told must certainly be real
A big white man who flies above with a giant fluffy beard
Could be Santa Claus or almighty God depending on the time of year

Ya got your Tooth Fairy and your Easter Bunny, monsters under the bed
Killer clowns, and princess gowns fillin' up your head
Then one day somethin' shakes loose in the very back of your mind
You start to realize, "Hey, wait a minute man. Everything's a lie"

Everything's a lie, my man. Everything's a lie
Fairy tales both young and old, be it Brother Grimm or Christ
Everything's a lie, my man. Everything's a lie
Better figure that out now than way too late in life

Then you work your way up the great ladder of twelve long grades
Who knows if they're using plus signs, smiles, or A's
And night after night you stress over SAT and GPA
Only to find out it don't mean shit, get your diploma and get off stage

And right around the same time you reach eighteen years of age
Yeah, you can enlist in the army, but you can't smoke dope, no way
So you get a little summer job doin' manual labor for change
Couple years later, still can't go to school in your home state

Everything's a lie, my man. Everything's a lie
Corporate bullies pulling strings and The Catcher in the Rye
Everything's a lie, my man. Everything's a lie
Far too many people would rather look the other way and be blind

Right now we're a young crop with roots still left to grow
And watered in only doubt there'll be nothin' good to sow
Still it doesn't hurt to be a skeptic of the status quo
Otherwise we can't be the change that we need to see so

Everything's a lie, my man. Everything's a lie
Might be in the land of the free but we aren't always in the right
Everything's a lie, my man. Everything's a lie
Question all ya can and I'm sure you'll be fine