First Source : Lie To Me by Jonny Lang

Source One : Lie To Me, By Jonny Lang

"Lie to me and tell me everything is all right

Lie to me and tell me that you'll stay here tonight

Tell me that you'll never leave

Oh, and I'll just try to make believe

That everything, everything your telling me is true

Come on baby won't you just

Lie to me, go ahead and lie to me 

Lie to me, it doesn't matter anymore

It could never be, the way it was before

If I can't hold on to you

Leave me something I can hold onto

For just a little while won't you, won't you let me be

Oh, anyone can see

That you love him more than me

But right now baby let me pretend

That our love will never end 

Lie to me, go ahead and lie to me"

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...Is it truly good to lie to someone to make them believe that everything is okay, when, clearly, it  is not? In this song, Jonny is asking for just that. He wants to be told that she loves him the most, that everything will be okay, and that she'll never leave him. Suppose 'she' complies with this request. She tells him everything he wants to hear. Surely it would make him feel better initially, but when the truth does come out it just sets him up for a greater fall. Even though he knows that it would be a lie, sometimes people can manage to convince themselves that a lie is true by repetition. They persuade themselves to believe what they want to believe instead of what they know is true. Therefore, wouldn't one want to be told the truth outright, instead of later, when in reality, they've been suspecting it all along? Take the example of someone cheating on their significant other. Let's also say that a friend of their significant other catches them in the act. This creates a dilemma. Do they tell their friend about what they saw, and risk them 'shooting the messenger'? Or do they keep the secret from them and make excuses for themselves, so they feel better? If you decide to tell them, they are almost sure to go into denial, but, when they do accept the truth, it's better than them finding out later. In situations like these, honesty is almost always the best policy...