Dumb Down

Playing dumb makes you look stupid

A witless trade off, don’t you think?

Trying to escape other’s scrutiny

By proving you lack basic smarts like a gink

Not quite escaping a negative label

Till soon you’re typecast in the part

And since this practice is moronic

You’re not just pretending it seems from the start

You see there’s a link between faking and fool

And a great disconnect between pride and shamed heart

As the fig leaf of lies proves you know right from wrong

Strong the nightmare now brinks on a day dream’s escarp