[Verse 1] I used to think love was a promise you keep Like something you say and it stays that way If you meant it once then it had to be real No matter what happened along the way I believed in forever like it had a name Like it couldn’t bend or break or fade But people get lost in the lives that they live And nothing stays exactly the same [Pre-Chorus] And I don’t know why it took me so long To see what was there all along [Chorus] Ain’t that the truth, it comes and it goes You think you know it, but nobody knows How love turns around when you least expect And leaves you standing there trying to make sense Ain’t that the truth, it cuts like a line Between what you wanted and what you find No warning sign, no reason why Just life doing what it does sometimes Ain’t that the truth [Verse 2] I’ve watched good hearts get tangled up In things they swore would never change One day you’re talking forever and always Next day you’re walking away And nobody’s guilty, nobody’s clean It’s just the way that people are You learn that forever is easy to say But harder to carry that far [Pre-Chorus] And I don’t blame anybody now It just plays out how it plays out [Chorus] Ain’t that the truth, it comes and it goes You think you know it, but nobody knows How love turns around when you least expect And leaves you standing there trying to make sense Ain’t that the truth, it cuts like a line Between what you wanted and what you find No warning sign, no reason why Just life doing what it does sometimes Ain’t that the truth [Guitar Solo: Emotional melodic lead, sustained notes, restrained 80s tone] [Bridge] Funny how you think you’re in control Till life rewrites what you thought you know And every answer that you used to trust Turns into dust But I’m not bitter, I’m just awake To the shape of the choices we make [Final Chorus] Ain’t that the truth, it comes and it goes You think you know it, but nobody knows How love turns around when you least expect And leaves you standing there trying to make sense Ain’t that the truth, it cuts like a line Between what you wanted and what you find No warning sign, no reason why Just life doing what it does sometimes Ain’t that the truth, it breaks and it bends And somehow you’re still standing again Ain’t that the truth, you live and you learn And watch the pages keep turning Ain’t that the truth [Outro: Guitar and keys fade, soft vocal ad-libs repeat hook]
