Once upon a time, there was a town full of perfect people. They had perfect homes, perfect jobs, perfect families, and were always happy. They never wished for anything other than their wonderfully perfect lives.
Except… none of it was really true. They weren’t actually happy. In fact, they were quite miserable. Each one had his own dark and ugly secrets that they longed to expose and be rid of. Each wished for something different. But, they didn’t know any other way of living except what they had been taught from all the generations who had come and gone in the town before them… they only knew pretending.
One person in the town stayed up later than the others, when everyone else had drifted off to sleep. She would creep outside and look up at the stars, and wonder what the world would be like if she stopped pretending. The idea was generally too frightening to entertain for more than a few minutes… but gradually, she became braver. By spring, she decided that it was worth the risk. She couldn’t be any more miserable than she already was, and she decided that she was done simply imagining a different world. She was going to make her confession. She was going to come clean. She was going to stop pretending.
And then, the revolution began.
I’m Not Sorry
You, and me, and a pot of coffee
You ask me where I’ve been, where I’m going…
Well I guess I didn’t say what you wanted to hear
But I’m tired of the constant fear
That comes with your conditional loveAnd I’m not sorry for letting you down
No, I’m not sorry for letting you down.There’s a bunch of people who’ve been living “pretend”
Where everybody’s perfect
And everybody fits-
Until they talk about their sins.A lot has built up in this lifetime of suppression
But today I’m making this public confession-
… I’m a mess.And I’m not sorry for letting you down.
No, I’m not sorry for letting you down.I can cry, I can bleed
I wish you’d try, so you’d see what I mean
Oh dear friend, I wish you’d live freeI’m not sorry and I’m not trying to be mean
But I can’t apologize for finally coming clean
Yah, I’m finally coming clean.
