status quo i told the truth so i had to suffer because you couldn't swallow your pride i had to go because i got too big and you were running out of places to hide i couldn't be trusted to keep your little secret so you got all panicky and fled but now you're back with a wicked vengeance and i remember all the lies you spread i told the truth and it became a lie and for a while i didn't know which way was up if you said it was down i'd fall in line with the status quo everyone believed that story you told and it was like you were here much longer than me but then we got too friendly and maybe started confessing things i think we never should have shared you and me now they're all your friends and i don't know anyone that would stand behind me after what you said and i know that you've worked at backing up your story what a wicked lie that you needed to spread was it because of rejection unrequieted love that you needed to put me in my place i think you might be forgetting what the people have told you that the truth outlasts even time and space written by joe herbert, copyright 1998