John is definitely homing in on the fact that most people tend to hide many aspects of their lives and personalities behind false, pretentious appearances. On the surfance, you can call yourself this and that, and say you aren't' this and that, but when it really comes down to it, no one can hide those truly real feelings deep down that come from having been crippled, metaphorically, inside emotionally and mentally.
My favorite stanza in this song:
You can go to church and sing a hymn
You can judge me by the color of my skin
You can live a lie until you die
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
This is definitely a very powerful grouping of statements about humans. You can go to church and sing a hymm to try to make yourself "think" you're okay, or make others "think" you're okay. You can also pretentiously find reason for bias in the fact that someone is different--whether it be skin, thought, or nationality, etc., etc. You can also live a lie that you may or may not have created until the day you die, and think everything is dandy, but, again, you cannot hide those real emotional aspects of human existence.
John is definitely homing in on the fact that most people tend to hide many aspects of their lives and personalities behind false, pretentious appearances. On the surfance, you can call yourself this and that, and say you aren't' this and that, but when it really comes down to it, no one can hide those truly real feelings deep down that come from having been crippled, metaphorically, inside emotionally and mentally.
My favorite stanza in this song:
You can go to church and sing a hymn You can judge me by the color of my skin You can live a lie until you die One thing you can't hide Is when you're crippled inside
This is definitely a very powerful grouping of statements about humans. You can go to church and sing a hymm to try to make yourself "think" you're okay, or make others "think" you're okay. You can also pretentiously find reason for bias in the fact that someone is different--whether it be skin, thought, or nationality, etc., etc. You can also live a lie that you may or may not have created until the day you die, and think everything is dandy, but, again, you cannot hide those real emotional aspects of human existence.
John was a Genius; hence, my name.