[Verse 1] You said “Tell me something honest” So I started with the small things Coffee getting cold between us All the calls I never ring Dust on every framed good moment Still we hang them on the wall I pretend that I am changing Mostly I just learn to stall [Chorus] Here’s the truth It isn’t clean It’s a tangled living room of halfway dreams Here’s the truth It cuts in two I’m not what I promised But I’m trying to be that for you (trying to be that for you) [Verse 2] I forgive you then I don’t yet Carry grudges like a coat Wear it even when I’m sweating Just to hide the softer throat Every word we say in anger Has a tired Scared child beneath Every time I say “I’m busy” I mean “I don’t trust my need” [Chorus] Here’s the truth It isn’t kind It keeps tripping every story in my mind Here’s the truth Bare and blue I am lost I am learning How to stand here clear with you (stand here clear with you) [Bridge] No Love won’t fix every wound But it lights the quiet room We are cracked We are crude Still we choose to tell it true [Chorus] Here’s the truth It doesn’t shine It just sits with us and stays the whole hard time Here’s the truth Old and new I am scared I am stubborn I am staying here with you (yeah, I’m staying here with you)
