Round and Round the Question Goes

[Verse 1] I was swingin' at the pulpit in a high school desk Arguin' circles, every catechism test Coulda gone toe-to-toe with the town priest's best But I still lay awake with a fist in my chest Footnotes loaded like a mind full of ammo Greek root, Hebrew root, every angle Every syllogism polished like a Lambo Still felt hollow as a sermon in a Sandro (uh) I could quote that page Chapter and verse like I'm center-stage But when the lights cut down and the crowd got vague All that "knowing" never walked me off that ledge [Chorus] Round and round the question goes While the truth sits quiet and knows I can fight all night with the pros But my heart still shakes when it slows Knowing better never was enough Head full of gold, soul callin' my bluff Round and round the question goes While the truth sits quiet and knows (hey!) [Verse 2] White suburban, bookworm, nerd with a vendetta Bible in a backpack, highlighter magenta Thought I was a prophet every time I hit "send", yeah Keyboard warrior, but my insides trembled Built big words like a moat 'round fear Every argument a mask, "I'm clear" But peace never pulled up in the rear-view mirror Just the same old doubts screamin' in my ears You can split that hair 'til it's atom-thin Win debates, lose sleep, rinse-repeat, begin Turn the world into a courtroom, gavel in your grin But who's holdin' you when the room spins in? (woah) [Chorus] Round and round the question goes While the truth sits quiet and knows I can fight all night with the pros But my heart still shakes when it slows Knowing better never was enough Head full of gold, soul callin' my bluff Round and round the question goes While the truth sits quiet and knows [Bridge] What if it's less like a quiz, more like a hand outstretched? Less like a proof, more like breath in a tired chest I been starin' at the map tryin' to bypass rest While the center of the maze just waits, unfazed, impressed (nah) Maybe peace ain't a point I score Maybe peace is a knock at the basement door I been yelling at the sky, "Give me something more" It just whispers, "Step out from the chalk on the floor" [Chorus] Round and round the question goes While the truth sits quiet and knows I can fight all night with the pros But my heart still shakes when it slows Knowing better never was enough Head full of gold, soul callin' my bluff Round and round the question goes While the truth sits quiet and knows (yeah)