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Honesty is the Best Policy

from Rock Against Reality by The Submensas

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The crux of this song lies in the dynamic between the runaway music and the steady comfort of a simple truth. Tested, buffeted, controlled, and hidden away, honesty still triumphs in the end. Like fire, it is always the same.

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HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

Rain, Rain, Rain

The rain washed me down
The drain swallowed me up
I’m getting sucked through this sewer of life
And it’s a tunnel of love.

Flame, Flame, Flame

The bridge caught on fire
Now I can’t return
I look for a sign
while I watch it burn -

Blame, Blame, Blame

Was I talking to you?
Are you talking to me?
Nobody’s listening;
There’s only one way to be . . .

Honesty . . . is the best policy. (repeat as necessary)

Don’t // let // them tell you
That love’s too good to be true.
Because I know and I’ve tried
and I know and I’ve tried
And I know that
love is true.

Now, it may be too good,
It may be too good for you.
But love is true

And honesty is the best policy —

Culture wars! (Honesty!)
Climate Change! (Honesty!)
Military-Industrial Complex! (Honesty!)
Propaganda! (Honesty!)
Fake news! (Honesty!)
Plastic Seas! (Honesty!)
Human rights! (Honesty!)
Everything! (Honesty!)

Take it home
When you’re all alone
Store it in a cache,
A secret stash
that will always last.

Honesty —

Take it home
When you’re all alone
Put it in a stash
It will always last

It’s all we got
It’s all we have

You can’t stop the rain
You can’t tame the flames
You can’t break the hate
But let there be no debate.

Honesty is the best policy.

(C) Damon Norko 2020

credits

from Rock Against Reality, released June 21, 2020
Damon Norko . . . vocals
Jim Mcpherson . . . guitar
Mike Bell . . . bass, guitar
Darryl Dardenne . . . drums
The Submensas . . . b. vocals

lyrics by Damon Norko (c) 2020
based on an original composition by Mike Bell (p) 1983, 2020
arrangement by The Submensas

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The Submensas Baltimore, Maryland

A Damon Norko lyric-fueled rock band that inhabited the Baltimore-Washington area from 1983-93.

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