Everything I've ever said has been a lie. You can believe it or not, but it's true. I've never told the truth. And that statement just goes to prove I'm a liar. I've lied so many times that I can't seem to distinguish between the truth and a lie. What is true, what is a lie? Can a lie be true? Can the truth be a lie? And if so (or if not), who’s to decide? Me or you... or some stranger none of us has ever met? How is that fair? It's not.
But that's the way it goes. We don't get to decide what is true for us because it might be a lie for someone else. Why do they get to tell us what is what? Why can't we figure it out and decide for ourselves? Why do they get to tell us that the sky is blue? Yeah, I know it is, but that's beside the point I'm trying to make. Everything is a lie and everything is the truth. Like it or not.
Everyone believes in something. Something was made by someone. Someone decided what goes into this something. So once again it's out of our hands. And as the "future generation" (meaning "children" to the older generation...) that happens a lot. They think we're too young to think for ourselves. They think we can't distinguish between the truth and a lie. Maybe we could if we knew exactly what was what.
You ask five people for their definition of the truth and, I guarantee you, you will get five different answers. You ask them for their definition of a lie, again, five different answers. Everyone sees things differently, so you can't really define what something is. Not outside of your own opinion, at least. Everything is what it is. I wish we could just leave it at that. But no one can, least of all me.
I know if someone asked me what I thought was the truth, I wouldn't be able to tell them. Not because I don't have my own ideas about it, but because there's really isn't one right answer. It's not a simple yes or no problem. This is a multiple-multiple-multiple answer problem here. It's complicated, and yet, at the same time it's so simple. At least it would be if people wouldn't insist on over analyzing it.
So, getting back to the problem at hand. What is the truth? I think it's a lie. What is a lie? I think it's the truth. I believe the truth is a lie and a lie is the truth. Whatever that may mean, it's what I think. But then I've been told I'm insane, so it might explain it a bit. Not much, but maybe a little bit. So I'll tell you the truth. I haven't lied. And I'll lie to you. I just told you the truth. Believe what you want, believe what you will. It's the truth... or is it a lie?
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nice play on words. =)