This song helped me SO MUCH! I was in a complete downward spiral, pretty near rock bottom. And this song propelled me like a rocket, up to the 1000th floor of the good-feelings building.
— Paula
About This Song: (lyrics below)
This song is about consciously choosing to believe what empowers us instead of blindly accepting what we’ve been told by those with religious, political, educational or social power. It’s about consciously ceasing to tell ourselves victim stories or helpless stories. It’s about choosing to run our own minds and lives from a place of personal power and freedom to be fully and completely ourselves. Make sure you listen through to the last verse.
Yeah. It’s a bit radical. You’re welcome :o)
– Mark
Refuse To Believe Those Lies
Song# 500 | April 2015 | CD: tbd
I was told that I was selfish
I was told I was full of sin
I was told I was responsible for
shape the world was in…
I refuse to believe those lies
I was told to stay in school
I was told I was a fool
I was told that I would never
be remotely cool…
I refuse to believe those lies
They said there were weapons of mass destruction
So we had to drop our bombs
They said it would be much different
Than the war in Viet Nam
I refuse to believe those lies
There was a time when I hated myself
When I would beat myself up
There as a time when I told myself
I’d never amount to much
I refuse to believe my own lies
I was told I was too sensitive
I was told I shouldn’t cry
I was told to do what I was told
And Never question “Why?”
But I refuse to believe those lies
Bridge:
Tell me what you believe
and I will show you the world you live in
Tell me the stories that you weave
And I will show you where you’ve been…
I was told I was a miracle
I was told to let my light shine
I was to to hold inside my mind
The Life I would design
I choose to believe these truths…