NOT EVERYONE

NOT EVERYONE

Not everyone you like is always right

Not everything you read is always true

Sometimes something is not thought out

Sometimes something is not thought about

But that does not diminish you

Not everyone I like is always right

Not everything I read is always true

Sometimes it’s a falsehood quite persuasive

Some days I’m quite willing to be persuaded

But that should not empower you

Not everything you know is a proven fact

Not everything you read is knowledge backed

Some days an opinion isn’t so strong

Sometimes an opinion can be wrong

But that should not diminish you

Not everything I know is a proven fact

Not everything I read is knowledge backed

Some days my opinion isn’t so strong

Sometimes my opinion can be wrong

But that should not enable you

Not everyone need do what you say or do

Not everything I think will agree with you

Sometimes we simply must agree to differ

Some things might cause a row to trigger

But this does not diminish you

Not everyone need do what I say or do

Not everything I think will appeal to you

Sometimes we’ll agree to disagree

Sometimes you’re right, some days it’s me

But this cannot diminish you

You don’t have to defend every wrong word

Even after you find out its utterly absurd

Sometimes you might turn out to be wrong

Sometimes I’m right but we can still get along

And this will not diminish you

I shouldn’t have to defend every wrong word

Even if I do find out its utterly absurd

Sometimes I might turn out to be just wrong

About some things I thought I knew all along

And this does not diminish you

It’s really all right to have been found out

Or to find you’ve believed in something faked

If you find out something else later on

It’s fine to admit you once were wrong

And that does not diminish you

It’s really all right to have been found out

Or to find I’ve believed in something false

If I find out something else later on

It’s fine to admit I once was wrong

And that does not diminish you

True wisdom comes from learning something new

True knowledge is to know you once were wrong

Sometimes the bigger picture fills you in

Sometimes standing back you just can’t win

But that will not diminish you

True wisdom is discovering something unknown

True knowledge is finding out I could be wrong

Sometimes new information fills me in

Something new puts my argument in the bin

And that should not vindicate you

Standing by as someone does something wrong

Standing alongside them just to feel you belong

Not realizing whilst you once knew everything

Knowing how wrong that is only time can bring

And that does not diminish you

Standing by the actions of an obvious despot

Standing up for the monstrous no matter what

Not listening and learning as they speak

Not caring about the havoc they wreak

Now that does indeed diminish you

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