[Intro - Solo Guitar] [Refrain] [Verse 1] Speak in tongues To everyone Use words that are Beautiful lies To spin the news Without the proof So close It could be true [Chorus] (clear, emphatic vocals with subtle layers) The world is a dream And a fantasy What you believe Is what you conceive To be the truth It’s closer to the truth [Verse 2] Sights unseen By covered eyes Will haunt you But you don’t know why The view is blurred And in dispute So close It could be true [Chorus] (clear, emphatic vocals with subtle layers) The world is a dream And a fantasy What you believe Is what you conceive To be the truth It’s closer to the truth [Bridge] (clearer vocal focus, building intimacy and warmth, fragile delivery) “What is truth?” I asked the man He smiled And quietly replied With absurd Philosophies of doom Warning that mankind Is nearing the end I walked outside Into the sun And realized What I had always known That each of us Is something absolute So close It could be true [Verse 3] More each year The words we hear Are deceptive And by design To make you believe In the absolute So close It could be true [Outro] (haunting layered echoes, but lead vocals stay clear) The world is a dream And a fantasy What you believe Is what you conceive To be the truth It’s closer to the truth [Coda] (soft spoken or clear whispered delivery, ambient fade) “The truth is never pure and rarely simple”
