The Hard Truth - SLO

Clarity once came to speak

It unravelled in a (?) dream

I could see my life beneath

All the weight of wonder

At what I dared to see

Taking time to live the lie

Taking time to forge the alibi

Been looking hard to find the substitute

For the hard truth

The hard truth, (???) that burns again

I’ve lived in riddles and imitations of the truth

In plain sight of who I could be

And yet I’d take a bullet for you

I’ve had the promise of love

The detail of the shame

Now I carry around the burden

Of myself once again, because

Taking time to live the lie

Taking time to forge the alibi

Been looking hard to find the substitute

For the hard truth

The hard truth, (?) that burns again

Taking time to live the lie

Taking time to forge the alibi

Been looking hard to find the substitute

For the hard truth

For the hard truth, (?) that burns again