What if it's a lie?

What would happen if you found that you had been lying to yourself, or perhaps certain things that you hoped for and were taught were lies? I’ve been thinking a lot about relations between people. It’s a very complex issue. You hear all the time true love does not exist, or there is no such thing as love, etc. I believe true love does exist. I believe it is possible to stay with someone for life, but it’s hard. There are a lot of sacrifices that have to be made. But the more I think about it, and the more my life seems to change as a result of outside forces, I think that a lyric from the Born Ruffians’ song Plinky Plonky is more and more true. The lyric is “What if you found out that your father lied? That there’s no true love for life? But you go on looking, your heart in hand.” Simple as these lines may be, to me, they are an interesting look on the idea. The important thing in this lyric is that it states “for life” meaning you can have true love, it is possible, but there is an obvious problem: the likelihood of true love being maintained is slim to nil. I think that this is a very sad reality, and if one knows this, how can one have a real relationship? I mean, if you know something is going to end, and most likely cause a lot of pain when it does, why would one continue? I’m not saying here that relationships are useless and that a person should not be in romantic relationships, but it does cause a serious problem. Both parties know that everything will end eventually, and this might not be the case for all, but for most. So how does that make each person feel? I don’t know. I guess the point is to have fun while you can, and not worry about the future. One day things will work out. They have to. It's not possible otherwise. I still believe that true love can last a life time. I still believe that people can be together forever. I still believe “all you need is love.” Call me naïve, call me a child, call me a romantic, call me retarded. But even if I’m wrong, at least I can fall back on true love is real, but it won’t necessarily be “true love for life.” Though I will always have “[my] heart in hand” to give to you.