The Confessor Lyrics - The Definitive Collection - Joe Walsh

If you look at your reflection at the bottom of the well 

What you see is only on the surface 

When you try to see the meaning, hidden underneath 

The measure of the depth can be deceiving 

The bottom has a rocky reputation 

You can feel it in the distance the deeper down 

You stare 

From up above it's hard to see 

But you know when you're there 

On the bottom words are shallow 

The surface talk is cheap 

You can only judge the distance by the company you keep 

In the eyes of the confessor 

In the eyes of the confessor 

There's no place you can hide 

You can't hide from the eyes (of the confessor) 

Don't you even try 

In the eyes of the confessor 

You can't tell a lie 

You cannot tell a lie (to the confessor) 

Strip you down to size 

Naked as the day that you were born 

Naked as the day that you were born 

Take all the trauma, drama, comments 

The guilt and doubt and shame 

The what if's and if only's 

The shackles and the chains 

The violence and aggression 

The pettiness and scorn 

The jealousy and hatred 

The tempest and discord 

And give it up