The truth is something I avidly desire,
the one thing I would give if I had the opportunity to inspire.
It's everything, the only thing, that I wish to be;
all I would wish for a young man to see.
For a man who is pure in word and action,
and honest and sincere regardless of his fear,
rare is this man that I long to see;
and rarer is the man that I long to be-
a man who without hesitation,
lives untamed in who he is.
And as for me,
I have no desire to take part in the normality,
in the growing expectation within my society,
for me to become another fictitious, empty man.
For I crave honesty and purity,
the truth, alone;
for the true and pure men are the only free men I know.
So you can take your money, and take your fame-
the drinks, and take me from the girls,
there’s no price on what I wish to be.
For all I wish is to find that I,
as a man, am enough.
And that I, whether in solitude or crowd,
am secure in and loyal to who I am.
And that I may have the freedom in knowing
and seeing everyday in the mirror
a true man,
a free man-
a man who without hesitation
lives untamed in who he is.
Thus is the reason I crave honesty and purity,
the truth alone;
for the true and pure men
are the only free men I know.
And about this true man I long to see,
I promise you,
one day,
this man will be me.