What You See Isn't What You Get

"What you see is what you get"

Lie

If seeing is what I get

Then I'll have nothing

Nothing of value

Nothing of worth

All I'll get is hollow items

And empty words

"What you see is what you get"

Want to know what I see

I see dirty streets

Fake personalities

I see animals running loose

Getting drugs, alcohol, sex, money

People getting killed

But the worst thing I see

Is people who share the same face as a penny

"What you see is what you get"

If that's true then I don't want it

I don't want the mess someone else made

And someone else just added on

I don't want to be the one to explain to a little child

Why their parent isn't coming home

Why would anyone want to get that

That's like giving a gift

and inside the gift is a receipt inside

Sure

You can turn it around

"What you see is what you get"

So you can turn and ignore it like everyone else

Or change it

Or try to find the inner beauty

That is where my point lies