Truth Be Told

Album: Brand New (2020)
Charted: 119
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  • Lie number one, you're supposed to have it all together
    And when they ask how you're doing, just smile and tell 'em, "Never better"
    Lie number two, everybody's life is perfect except yours
    So keep your messes and your wounds and your secrets safe with you behind closed doors

    But truth be told
    The truth is rarely told, no

    I say, "I'm fine, yeah, I'm fine, oh, I'm fine, hey, I'm fine"
    But I'm not, I'm broken
    And when it's out of control I say it's under control
    But it's not and You know it
    I don't know why it's so hard to admit it
    When being honest is the only way to fix it
    There's no failure, no fall
    There's no sin You don't already know
    So let the truth be told

    There's a sign on the door, says, "Come as you are" but I doubt it
    'Cause if we lived like that was true, every Sunday morning pew would be crowded
    But didn't You say church should look more like a hospital?
    A safe place for the sick, the sinner and the scarred, and the prodigals, like me

    Well, truth be told
    The truth is rarely told
    Oh, am I the only one who says

    "I'm fine, yeah, I'm fine, oh, I'm fine, hey, I'm fine"
    But I'm not, I'm broken
    And when it's out of control I say it's under control
    But it's not and You know it
    I don't know why it's so hard to admit it
    When being honest is the only way to fix it
    There's no failure, no fall
    There's no sin You don't already know
    So let the truth be told

    Can I really stand here unashamed
    Knowing that Your love for me won't change?
    Oh God, if that's really true
    Then let the truth be told

    I say, "I'm fine, yeah, I'm fine, oh, I'm fine, hey, I'm fine"
    But I'm not, I'm broken
    And when it's out of control I say it's under control
    But it's not and You know it
    I don't know why it's so hard to admit it
    When being honest is the only way to fix it
    There's no failure, no fall
    There's no sin You don't already know
    Yeah, I know
    There's no failure, no fall
    There's no sin You don't already know
    So let the truth be told Writer/s: Andrew Pruis, Matthew West
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., Downtown Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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