Discover the story of the song > What I Am – edie brickell and new bohemians

The protagonist is saying that they don't know a lot of things but they do know what they know. They compare philosophy to something that is written on a cereal box and religion to a smile on a dog. They ask if their friend is who they really are or if they are pretending to be someone else. They ask to be stopped from going too deep into their thoughts.