With ten-thousand-time-told truths, you’ve still got to ask for proof.
Ask for proof, because if you’re dying to be led they’ll lead you up the hill in chains to their popular refrains
until your slaughter’s been arranged, my little lamb,
and it’s much too late to talk the knife out of their hands.
“The Latest Toughs” by Okkervil River http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tziQcj4XIYw