The Truth is in the Delivery

Flirt with the truth through gentle irony Avoid attachment and deflect in subtlety If I admit it, am I absolved? or acquitted of this middle brow, middle class, half caring, and half-assed, cowardly bravery Sharp witted and forked tongue Thick skinned, with mask on Cutting to protect, to shelter and deflect This parade of cynicism is wearing thin Broken homes make broken bones Too late and so long just move along Why try to belong if community is (just) monotony Are there worse things to be Where is fulfillment if this is my penitence Just stay what you are To think and say, and just make do These swords won't help They only open wounds You can't mend with irony The truth is in the delivery Just say it but don't mean it Just say it but don't believe it Just say it and hide in the irony