Dlej - You Say, You Are Right

You said trust me.
I know what
I'm talking about
Said it so loud even doubt
Started having doubts.
Everybody at the table went quiet for a minute
Funny how confidence can make an empty
Sentence sound finished
You said you're right.
Does that make you right
Say it twice.
Does that make it twice as right
Raise your voice.
Does the truth get louder?
Standing on a chair.
Does the fact get taller?
Say you're right
All right.
Show me why.
I'm listening
But volume isn't evidence
And confidence isn't proof
I learned that one the hard way, too
Had a boss once tell me
This is how it was always done.
Nobody asked if it worked.
They just kept getting it done.
Three meetings later we were
Fixing the same old mess.
But every
Monday morning he still
Called the system a success
Had a friend tell me
Everybody knows that.
I asked you everybody
Was he good to name one back.
Had a guy online type
Fact in capital letters
I almost believed him.
Those capitals looked very professional
You say you're right.
Does that make you right
Put it in bold.
Does that make it harder to deny
Get ten people nodding.
Get up a hundred more.
A crowded room can still
Walk through the wrong door
You say you're right.
All right.
All right.
Show me why why
Not not not how you said it.
Not how many said it.
Not how angry they got
When somebody compared it.
Show me where it came from.
Show me what we know.
Show me what would change your mind
If the answer turned out no
Oh, that's the part nobody likes
Everybody loves being right.
Nobody loves checking twice.
And yeah, I've done it, too.
Done it, too
Done it, too.
Told the story so many times
I polished the parts that made me look good.
Forgot one detail
Then another
Until my memory started to agree with me.
I've argued past the point where
I knew
I was wrong
Not because
I had the facts,
I just didn't want to lose.
That's a dangerous little trick
The mind can do.
First, you defend your answer, then your answer starts defending you
So, if
I say
I'm right
Does that make me right?
No
If you say
I'm wrong, does that settle the fight?
No.
Maybe truth doesn't care
Which one of us wins tonight
Maybe it sits right there
While we're busy choosing sides
You say you're right
I say, prove it
I say, all right
You say, prove it
Fair enough.
Bring what you know,
I'll bring what
I know.
Put both on the table
And see where they go.
Maybe you're right, maybe
I'm right, maybe we're both holding
One half of the light
Maybe we're both wrong
That's happened before
That's why questions were invented for
So, say what you think.
Say it clear
Say it strong.
I'll give you the same
But don't hand me certainty
With nothing underneath
And expect me to call it truth
Because you gave it a name.
You say you're right.
Okay, you might be.
Now show me what makes it right