Dag Nasty - Can I Say lyrics

what can I say? why should I try? I tried to love what I knew I hated I took a lie and I made a truth I defended what I should have denied I never gave a second thought I followed blindly part of the lot I never gave I never gave a second thought I followed blindly part of the lot how can I say I'm really free? how can I say I'm really me? what can I say?