Double Life

Following on from the one rule for you thread, this is another one on hypocrisy. The title of this one is a track on the Kilroy was here album. Whereas the lyrics seem to me to refer to a possible sexual dalliance, they could also refer to wider scenarios. How many times do we use little white lies to cover up for something either we have done, or to avoid doing? God sees all we do both in public and in the privacy of our thoughts. The song mentions that the other side of the Berlin Wall is not far enough to hide, well God sees as far as the east is from the west, so there is no hiding place. Most of us, though we will not admit to it, live two different lives. There is the public face, of doing or saying what we think is the right thing in a given situation, then there is what we really wanted to say or do. There is the being seen to do the right things in church on a Sunday, and then having totally different character traits the rest of the week. As Christians we should not have a double life, though as we are only human to a certain extent it may be inevitable. We need to pray that God will give us the strength to stand up and be counted for Him, regardless of the personal cost to us. Easier said than done!


Double Life

In the dark so all alone
Slowly reach for the telephone
A message waits just for you
A secret place, another rendezvous

It's not always honesty
That is the best policy
But little lies can give you away
Though you'll deny it if they say maybe you're just

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Leading a double life
Friends in the daytime, strangers at night
Leading a double life
Can it be wrong when you know that it's right?

The other side of the Berlin Wall is
Not far enough to avoid the call
Somebody knows, somebody's seen
Somebody knows right where you've been
And that you're just

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Nowhere to hide, though we both might try
I'm schizophrenic, and so am I
Double life, a double life, a masquerade
You know we all live a masquerade
I know you're out there!

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