Different Truths

[Verse 1] We're sitting 'round the same old table, passing bread and wine Your uncle's talking healthcare, your sister's drawing lines And I can see the tension rising in your mother's eyes While your father shakes his head and lets out heavy sighs They're all good people with their reasons, hearts that beat the same But somehow we're divided by the stories that we claim [Chorus] We're all looking at the same sky, different stars we choose to see Same love running through our veins, but we can't seem to agree On what makes a life worth living, what makes a country free We're all looking at the same sky, different truths for you and me [Verse 2] Your cousin served his country, came back changed and worn Says freedom isn't free, it's something to be torn From the hands of those who'd take it, fought for every day While your brother reads his books and says there's another way That peace is built with bridges, not with walls or guns And I'm caught here in the middle watching what we've become [Chorus] We're all looking at the same sky, different stars we choose to see Same love running through our veins, but we can't seem to agree On what makes a life worth living, what makes a country free We're all looking at the same sky, different truths for you and me [Verse 3] Your grandmother remembers when the world was black and white When neighbors helped each other, when wrong was wrong and right was right But your teenage nephew's scrolling through a different kind of news Sees injustice in the system, things that make him choose A side that seems so foreign to the one she's always known And I wonder how we got here, how we grew apart alone [Bridge] Maybe truth's not just one color, maybe love's not just one way Maybe we're all just human, trying to find our place In a world that keeps on changing faster than we'd like Maybe listening's the answer, maybe that's what gets us by [Verse 4] I see you caught between them, torn by loyalty and doubt Wondering who to trust when everyone's so loud about The things they know for certain, the hills they'll die upon And baby, I'm here with you when the trust feels almost gone 'Cause love's supposed to be the constant in this crazy, mixed-up game But even love gets tested when we're not seeing things the same [Chorus] We're all looking at the same sky, different stars we choose to see Same love running through our veins, but we can't seem to agree On what makes a life worth living, what makes a country free We're all looking at the same sky, different truths for you and me [Verse 5] So here we sit together in the aftermath of words That cut a little deeper than they should have, left us hurt But maybe that's the beauty of a family that's real We fight because we care enough to think and fight and feel And though we see things different, though we stumble and we fall The love that holds us together might be the strongest truth of all [Final Chorus] We're all looking at the same sky, learning how to disagree Same hope running through our hearts, if we just choose to see That love's the thing worth fighting for, that's what makes us free We're all looking at the same sky, finding truth in you and me