The Truth

Like a hurricane without warning I woke up Sunday Morning Had to face the truth The truth about me and you Ah baby... oooo We don't even kiss Can't live my life like this Time to face the truth baby I don't love you like I used to ... oooo You know that we grew apart Scared to leave Just don't want to be lonely Instead we wasted to much time Living lies It's time we face the truth baby The truth about me and you Ahh baby... ooo

They used to put flowers in gun barrels I tried it once and got my face maced And I feel just like a little girl facing a mountain of trolls Armed with only my clothes and my words Voluntary slavery to the debt machine Pirates and politicians are the same thing "Give me your money and you will be saved" You bought your place in heaven don't you wish you were dead? Mama What have you left behind for me? Mama What have you left behind for me? Mama What did you leave behind? I don't want it No There is no point in going back to the sea All the fish are dead we've got a hit on radioactivity Pollution everywhere I can't breathe the goddam air What have you left behind for me? Mama

Alex was my first best friend "Gonna see the world," is what he always said And I begged him, "Take me with you" Alex played guitar and I sang We were gonna be in a rock 'n roll band Dreaming was the only way out Small town and alcohol Our parents sold their goddam souls And we were so angry A single tear from his blue eye As he looked at me and he said goodbye I promised I would never forget Alex said to his dad, "If you ever lay your hands on my mom again, I swear I will kill you, man" Alex came home through the kitchen door Found his mom lying on the floor Then he grabbed that knife His lawyer claimed self-defense But Alex never showed any signs of regret So the judge he said "life" A single tear from his blue eye As he looked at me and he said goodbye I promised I would never forget How we used to ride our bikes down to the lake Write songs about the love we'd make Watch the fire burn deep against the cold We promised right then to never grow old The way the starlight how it hit the waves Just like diamonds shining in a miner's cave We danced naked with no regrets I promised I would never forget

We Are, we are, we are We are the truth (repeat 4xs) I aint never been disgusted like this, i wish that we just found a route The system needs to be proud about, 'cause we're sick of being counted out But this dont mean that we're down and out, if they dont want to acknowledge us Then watch us 'cause, we know that you lied to us, and in God we trust We ask why they hate us, but they laugh right in our faces And thats why im amazed, they try to act like they aint affraid Cause last night we stayed awake, strapped like we came to stay Packed tight like a dang bargade, and we black white, and we gay and straight, and we rolling FUCK THAT, this revolution will be televised This time we wont let it die Don't let them tell you, otherwise, while mothers cry Cause someone lied, to cover why, their son has died, on the other side, the map And everyday its seems as if we never had a choice And maybe so, but dont 4get that every single one of us has a voice And im using mine to respark the youth, so dont crucify my thoughts and you, should just move aside 'cause we're marching through, and we're proving why we are the truth We Are, we are, we are We are the truth (repeat 4xs) I swear, today has made Me realize, whats real why we came to stay, and I know Today is the day We sing into the mountains,'til we break the chains Of diversity, 'cause it hurts to see The discrimination, but i wont let it bring out the worst in me, yea This time around, we wont let them tie us down But we can not be quiet now, they got to hear the entire, crowd, say We Are, we are, we are we are the truth (repeat 4xs) My shoes are falling apart but this is way bigger than what you and i know so i choose to fall in and march let the words we sing be heard for miles (repeat 2xs) We're all under 1 sun, and 1 GOD, revolution (repeat 2xs) This Revolution it'll be televised (repeat 2xs) We Are, we are, we are we are the truth (repeat 4xs) Hell no, you wont take this from me No we don't want your money Cause we wont be your dummies (repeat 4xs) We Are, we are, we are we are the truth (repeat 8xs) Hell no, you wont take this from me No we don't want your money Cause we wont be your dummies (repeat 2xs) We're living out loud, living out loud, living out living out loud, living out loud Living out loud, living out loud, living out Living out loud, living out loud living out loud, living out loud, living out Living out loud, living out loud Living out loud Living out loud, living out Living out loud, living out loud