Simon and Garfunkel lyrics tell a great metaphorical tail that speaks to the mythical rhymes of the Clintonesque mime; “I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises. All lies and jests still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.”
Truth is a great terror to most for one very simple reason; most run to avoid being confronted by it, for not wanting to confess one have squandered one’s resistance to the intoxicating grasp of a most promising lie.