My first post!!! I'd like to talk about integrity. I mean honestly (hahaha), people today don't have a lot of it. People lie all the time about who they really are or how they really feel. It is impossible to really know someone these days because everybody has this fake shield they use to cover up whats really going on inside. Why do people lie? They lie to make themselves more attractive to others, they lie to make things better, they like so as not to hurt others, they lie so they won't get in trouble with somebody, they lie because its easier. Its easier to lie. I love that song by Aqualung, its Easier to Lie.
It's easier to lie
Easier to lie
And do what's right
When everything is wrong
It's easier to run
It's easier to...
Never have
To look you in the eye
It's easier to lie
Easier to lie
If there is one thing that is most important to me in a relationship, its integrity. And it seems like I can't find it anywhere! Nobody is who they say they are. Everything is just a game. The constant tug and pull, back and forth. You always know there is something hiding, but they'll never admit it. The truth only comes out when you go searching for it, when you dig deep and go in and get your hands dirty. The only way to find out if a flowers roots are rotten is to go digging in the mud. It shouldn't be this way! Doesn't anybody realize that by lying they are ruining their chances of someone really getting to know them? Someone really loving them for who they are? Do all these people really enjoy being liked for something they're not? I don't get people.
Which means I don't get myself either. I do my fair share of lying. I push people away. Just the same as anyone else. And as for me, I don't like it. I don't like that they are some people who think that I am someone who I am not. I wonder if some people knew the real me, would they still like me? Which brings up another good song by Tegan and Sara... You Wouldn't Like Me...
Well I can't stop talking for fear of listening to unwelcome sound
And you haven't called me in weeks and honestly it's bringing me down
I feel like I wouldn't like me if I met me
I feel like you wouldn't like me if you met me
Okay well, HONESTLY, I would love to sit here and write for hours, but time to go get ready for an exciting day of band (that exciting was not truthful, it was sarcastic). I'll be back tommorow! I want to add up these points!
i think people lie and hide their true self because they are afraid. They have been hurt by society and putting up these shields of lies is the only way many people know how to protect themselves. Im sure everyone has opened up themselves to someone only to have them betray you. its a defense mechanism
Some people just have different values than others. Some just don't think that lying is a big deal.
tegan and sara are awesome!