I Have an Idea

I Have an Idea

I have an idea
I don't have the audacity to say "I know"
I can't afford to say "I have faith"
And I'm reluctant to say "I believe" 
But I have an idea

Knowing seems so final
So stubborn
Because the truth is that I know nothing
I have lived and will live only so long
I have been and will go to only so many places
I can claim unlimited truths
I can prove those truths with logic
But what proof do I have that logic is truth?
Knowing is too final.

I have an idea
I can't afford to say "I have faith"
And I'm reluctant to say "I believe"
But I have an idea

Faith could get me in trouble
Earn me contempt
Because the truth is faith is knowing without proof
I have been told many things
I have learned many rules
I can claim unlimited truths
I can prove those truths with quotes
But what quotes are the truth?
Faith will get me in trouble

I have an idea
And I'm reluctant to say "I believe"
But I have an idea

Beliefs might be kind of wishy-washy
A cop out
Because beliefs are somewhere between knowledge and faith
I believe things I've been told
I believe I need proof
I can believe unlimited truths
I can see logic in those truths
But I'm not quite committing
Beliefs are wishy-washy

I have an idea

Ideas never commit
Or promise
Because ideas make no claims and have no proof
I think something might be
I think I'd like to know
I can think of truths
I won't claim those truths are true
But I don't have to
Ideas never commit or promise

I have an idea