Tough Love Gospel

driving, tough, forceful, reality and truth telling musical tone

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[ Tough Love doctrine concept THE BIBLE and truths from it extended by Joseph M Lenard (author/podcaster). Lyrics by Joseph M Lenard and Suno AI. Driving, tough, forceful, reality and truth telling musical tones by @suno system. Part of Life and Living series (https://tinyurl.com/LifeAndLivingSeries). Big shout-out / partial inspiration to NEFFEX and his song “Statement”. ]

[Verse]
It ain't all sweet songs by the fire
Warm hands
Soft words
Pretty choirs
If I cut out the thorns from the story
I'd be dressing up a grave as glory

[Chorus]
This is tough love gospel
Not just campfire shine
If I sand down the edges
I turn truth into a lie
Reality or delusion
I can't serve both sides
I'm not here just for the choir
I'm here where the hurt hearts hide (yeah)

[Verse]
Some pages bleed red in the margins
Hard lines
Hard calls
Hard bargains
If I skip over storms for your comfort
Then your house gets washed in the floodwater

[Bridge]
Do you want a dream
Or do you want a mirror
Do you want a joke
Or do you want it clearer
If the truth cuts deep
Let it cut through fear
Better scars that heal
Than a sweet lie in your ear (hey!)

[Verse]
This ain’t cotton candy truth
Ain’t a campfire singalong rhyme
You can’t sell sweet dreams
While the house burns behind
If it never cuts deep
It was sugar all along
If you skip the hard pages
You just rewrote the song

[Chorus]
This is tough love gospel
Not rainbows on a wire
If you hide the hard words
You’re just fanning Hell's fire
I won’t preach delusion
Just to make it sound lighter
If I only soothe the choir
I’m a singer
Not a fighter

[Verse]
You can hum all the feel-good lines
While your neighbor breaks inside
Quote hope like a slogan
Then look away from the crime
But a bandage on a bullet wound
Is a pretty little lie
If the truth never offends us
Did we ever even try?

[Chorus]
This is tough love gospel
Not rainbows on a wire
If you hide the hard words
You’re just fanning the fire
I won’t preach delusion
Just to make it sound lighter
If I only soothe the choir
I’m a singer
Not a fighter

[Bridge]
I’d rather lose that crowd (yeah)
Than sell them painted grace
I’d rather stand alone
Than smile and dodge the weight
Don’t ask for easy comfort
Then curse the honest cost
Love that never warns you
Will leave you more than lost

[outro]
Tough Love - the Bible [and our Worldly Reality] isn't just rainbows and lollipops, singing Kumbaya around the campfire, you cannot ignore the harsh reality drops, to peddle such makes you a liar. Reality versus delusion, speaking not just to the choir., this, that, and in all things that may transpire.

[Creator’s Note / Easter Egg for onlookers: 
I dared not go full hubris and title this “The Gospel According to Lenard" 
though the shock value was tempting as hell 😂
(Also used a female voice to soften the delivery just a touch — because these lyrics are already raw and no-holds-barred.)]

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