Lyric discussion by proteus 

'Truth' makes fun of 'Honesty is the best policy'. Quite simply, it isn't. And no one is completely honest. Excuses and exceptions are irrelevant - 'To spare someone's feeling'. No Mr.& Mrs. Morals-Hypocrite. We are all selfishly dishonest nearly every day and often times it saves OUR asses. We all know this; we all do it.... and then have the gall to ask for a mate who is completely honest. Depeche Mode is simply stating something that's dawned on all of us at numerous points in our lives when we 'bought' the going statement about honest/policy, and that is, "I should've lied". Might not make you feel good to admit, but it can sometimes to tell a lie. Besides, it's not the responsibility of truth to make anyone feel good. I rest.

@proteus Yep. The truth is not for comfort. In the long run, the truth is not about "my" or "our". The truth is about removing corruption. Whilst the majority of human America, and the human race is so gleefully exploiting nature majorly for the comfort of the human race, I am sure you will find us few and far between, mainly so-called autism/Asperger's/schizophrenics/"weirdos" who understand that the (Our/Me/My/Mine/We/They/Them/Those)mentality has been the root of corruption for the majority of the human species. Somehow, there is a delusion that we are not all connected and our actions are not all interconnected, and...

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