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How many lies do we tell ourselves
To feel safe, to feel protected
Or who knows?
Maybe we’re liars because no one ever told us the truth

The truth doesn’t simplify, the truth doesn’t clarify
Because it takes courage to say: I’m a coward
Put a mask over the mask you already wear every day
With this car and the penthouse, it’s a moment before you don’t know who’s underneath
At home, who knows if anyone’s asking questions
Freaking out about their life, about their partner
Will clichés change or will everything stay the same (hey)
Will we talk about brands while some don’t have bread?
Hypocrisy is the invention of the century
You sell your truth for their lie and then just don’t ask anymore
I don’t believe the world will ever go back to how it was
And I don’t even hope so, no, I don’t even hope so
I was really alone, the conscience of Zeno

I who am no longer me
I don’t trust God
I everything and I nothing
I tonight, ah, I always
I with nothing of mine (mine)
I and nothing else but me (whoa-oh, oh-oh)
I, I (ah, ah), I
I, I (ah, ah), I, nah

The truth doesn’t sanctify, the truth doesn’t justify
Time to ask questions, put the ego aside
I want to cover myself in cash, I’ll be happy, I feel it
What I’d tell my old self: Confuse the end with the means
Suffocate the idealism, condemned to not understand each other
Maybe this, maybe
We’re just more selfish, maybe a dog and no kids
Maybe nothing makes sense
You censor a movie where we were racist, but we were racist
Learn from the past and don’t burn it like the Nazis with books
You give your data to social media, parasites, toxic oxytocin now
You convince yourself it’s for the family, but it’s for yourself like Walter White
A world built on injustices for those at the bottom of this Snowpiercer
Sorry if I’m deep only when I’m sad, who doesn’t fake it?

I who am no longer me
I don’t trust God
I everything and I nothing
I tonight, ah, I always
I with nothing of mine (mine)
I and nothing else but me (whoa-oh, oh-oh)
I, I (ah, ah), I
I, I (ah, ah), I, nah