When I pretend
Everything is what I want it to be
I look exactly like what you had always
Wanted to see
itu adalah sepenggal lyrics lagu lying from you by linkin park. Ceritanya adalah seseorang yang berpura-pura dan berdusta supaya menjadi orang yang ideal. Everybody’s lyin’, that’s true. Berdusta itu mudah, berpura-pura itu bukan masalah besar. Manusia adalah makhluk sempurna untuk berbohong kepada sesamanya.
I remember what they taugt to me
Remember condescending talk of who I ought to be
Remember listening to all of that and this again
So I pretended up a person who was fitting in
And now you think this person really is me
and I’m trying to bend the truth
But the more I push, the more I’m pulling away
‘Cause I’m lying my way from you
Semakin kita berada dalam kebohongan itu, semakin menjadi kita ingin membelokkan kenyataan. Semakin kita ingin menjadi orang yang ideal, keidealan itu membawa kita lebih jauh.
Tapi tak selamanya ujung kebohongan itu selalu membawa manis. Pada akhirnya, yang dapat diucapkan adalah:
This isn’t what I wanted to be
I never thought that what I said
Would have you running from me
Like this
Akan kau sadari, berbohong itu menyakitkan. Melelahkan dan cenderung menyiksa diri sendiri. gapailah kembali permukaan dimana tidak ada lagi kebohongan. Tell the truth.
I’m tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don’t know what you’re respecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
Can’t you see that you’re smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of youAnd I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you
(Numb, Linkin Park)
