[Intro - Solo piano with strings] Truth hides in plain sight Waiting for the blind to see [Verse 1 - Both] What you see may not be all that there is What you fear probably is something you miss The city's glow drowns out the faint starlight The lion's roar can mask the viper's subtle bite The obvious conceals the essential Every surface high dimensional We're so busy watching the parade We miss the kingdom being made [Pre-Chorus - Both] Truth isn't loud, it whispers low Hidden in the things we think we know [Chorus - Both] The truth is in the shadows, not the flame In silence, not in calling out your name What blinds us most is what shines bright The darkness holds the clearest sight Truth isn't what you're told to see It's what remains when you stop believing In the stories that we sell To keep ourselves from knowing well [Verse 2 - Female] Endless flowers bloom and then ultimately wilt Endless kindness eventually morphs into boundless guilt The shadow and the being can switch with a note The companion who swims minds not upending the boat [Verse 2 - Both alternating] Every virtue becomes vice with time Every cure creates a different crime The medicine that heals can poison too The truth depends on where you're looking through [Rap Bridge] They tell you truth's a mountain, solid and defined But truth's an ocean, shifting with the tide Every fact you think you've captured in your hand Slips through your fingers like the finest sand The louder someone claims they know what's real The more they're hiding what they truly feel We build these towers out of certainty and pride But truth is in the cracks we try to hide The viper doesn't roar, it doesn't need to shout Its truth is patient, waiting to play out [Verse 3 - Both] While you're watching lions perform their show The subtle poison's already in the flow Truth isn't democratic, doesn't need your vote It just swims along while you're steadying the boat Vast expanses to explore, new but not unfamiliar Vast dreams to chase, varying but with the same interior Every journey out becomes a journey in Every ending's where we begin again [Bridge - Both, building orchestral] March forward towards your grail, whatever it may be Stumble wounded, infinite steps, filling the tree Each scar a lesson, each fall a gift Truth lives in the struggling, not the lift [Final Chorus - Both, full orchestration] The truth is in the shadows, not the flame In losing, not in winning the game What blinds us most is certainty The doubt contains clarity Truth isn't what you're told to seek It's what emerges when you're weak When all your masks have fell And you finally know yourself [Outro] The sin city sleeps, the stars emerge at last The lion rests, the viper's moment passed In darkness we can finally see What truth was waiting patiently What truth was waiting patiently [Final whisper] To be
