Mentides

Lies in the days, lies in the years
in the times of silence and in solitude
lies in the neighborhoods, squares, and markets
in the future of towns and the folks in the fields

Lies for the youth, workers, and students
in their struggles and the old militia
lies for the prisoners and the oppressed
and for the hopes of those who were shot

Everything was a lie in the land of con artists
until the truth blew up in their faces
they held elections and overthrew it
and the big lie started all over again

Lies about wars, lies about deaths
in history books and on the TVs
Lies about languages, flags, and names
they lied to the people, they lied to the world

Lies in the budgets of the city halls
and in the big chairs of their parliaments
Lies in the form of developments
and luxury homes among golf courses.