Song | "The Infinite Con"

1 minute to ponder a lie

Who is the song above really about? Someone else? Ourself? Only one of those options can make the song work it’s effect, but what if the other in nonetheless true? Do I weaponize this song against someone else before letting it become my own self reflection? How do we even know if we are lying to ourselves? How do I know when I am believing the truth? When do I stop doubting or questioning? When should I stand up and call a spade a spade... or a neuter a neuter (sorry I’m required to add a Bob Barker Dad joke when applicable). How do you save someone you truly love from becoming their own worst enemy? How do you tell ‘em? When to give mercy? When to give up on it? Where is the line between self righteousness and good old regular righteousness... and what does that word even mean?

More important than “using” a song to feed what we already want to get, is letting a song make us ask all the other questions we are scared to uncover the balaclava of. To face unafraid the plans that we made, walking in our thistle, thorny, snowman skeleton land.

Lyrics:

You lie to yourself, and you’re feeling alright, feeling alright.

Till someone calls you out and you get out your gun, get out your gun.

And you shoot cold dead, the love you could have, the love you could have.

Just to keep your damn lie, keep your damn lie, keep your damn lie.

I don’t want you to stop lying to yourself, lying to yourself.

I don’t want you to stop lying to yourself, lying to yourself.

I just want you to want, to stop lying to yourself, lying to yourself.

I just want you to want, to stop lying to yourself, lying to your self.