Fallacy

What is that I can't see?
Will you tell honestly?

I'm giving more and more
Worn down to my core
I can give no more

Since ages long ago
I'm withheld to grow
Integrity, a fallacy

In spite of all your efforts
You have searched the world in vain
Tried it all, received no gain

You're moving through a desert
Full of merchants left and right
That sell you lies, sell you lies

I'm giving more and more
Worn down to my core
I can give no more

Since ages long ago
I'm withheld to grow
Integrity, a fallacy

You collect another pamphlet
Of the newest forgery
Silver lights and pretty smiles

Just another cruel deception
Of the kind you've seen before
How much more, how much more?

What is that I can't see?
Will you tell honestly?