Contrary to Popular Belief

[Chorus]
Contrary to popular belief:
I hide my feelings deep
Contrary to popular belief:
I get lost inside my sleep

Contrary to popular belief:
I'm climbing on a mountain side steep
Contrary to popular belief:
I'll never know what to keep

[Verse 1]
Contrary to popular belief, I'd rather bare teeth
Than lose beef, then it's just less grief
The only reason I stay fitted to my digits
Is because I don't know what's my own limit
And I'm afraid of what I'm capable of, not proud
If I lay down now, I might never make a sound
I surround myself with crowds of people
Just to make myself feel a little bit equal
The exterior has a cooler temperature
But if you measure me, you'll see different weather
You can see only the top surface: perfect
But beneath 6 feet deep is cracking nervous
With no principle, it's quite simple.
There's more to me than golf ball dimples
Contrary to popular belief:
I'll duck into myself like a nighttime thief

[Chorus]
Contrary to popular belief:
I hide my feelings deep
Contrary to popular belief:
I get lost inside my sleep

Contrary to popular belief:
I'm climbing on a mountain side steep
Contrary to popular belief:
I'll never know what to keep

[Verse 2]
Contrary to popular belief: I'll act like the big Chief
Even if I lie through my teeth or keep it brief
I'll say everything's fine to keep an illusion
Call it delusion. Go ahead and make a conclusion
With my exclusion I can try to find my meaning
Though my smile might be beaming
I'm a lost soul in a body that has clarity
Mind creates calamities and my heart dares to beat
With no where to go and no place to call my own
I find it in myself and in someone else I call home
I'm a believe it or not, a strange fruit project
Stay hidden like objects inside of pockets
I'll fit like scissors inside electrical sockets
Give me a spaceship, a plane or a rocket
Contrary to popular belief:
I'll run away from my problems: though it makes me weak

[Chorus]
Contrary to popular belief:
I hide my feelings deep
Contrary to popular belief:
I get lost inside my sleep

Contrary to popular belief:
I'm climbing on a mountain side steep
Contrary to popular belief:
I'll never know what to keep

[Verse 3]
Contrary to popular belief: I'll hold onto my dreams
Though it silly to everyone it seems
I'll cry through pain and solve dilemmas in my brain
Even to some disdain: I'll stay in the rain
I'll wait for the sunshine. It'll be my time
Until then I'll just continue to polish my rhymes
It's sublime if you see me on a good day
I'll give you a nod and a grin and be on my way
You might think I'm a little too confident
Only way to make me seem some what competent
The clothes and the glow is all just artificial
In this day and age it's all ritual
I'm self-conscious. I think who would want this?
If my mind launches they'll say I lost it
Contrary to popular belief:
I'm the entire tree and not just one leaf

[Chorus]
Contrary to popular belief:
I hide my feelings deep
Contrary to popular belief:
I get lost inside my sleep

Contrary to popular belief:
I'm climbing on a mountain side steep
Contrary to popular belief:
I'll never know what to keep