[Verse 1]
Tongue feels heavy
Teeth feel tight
Every cute little sentence
Doesn’t sit right
Yeah the script sounds pretty
But my jaw goes numb
There’s a flinch in my shoulder
Like I’m ready to run
Micro-shake in my hands
As the phrases land
Every “I’m fine, really”
Leaves grit like sand
You can dress it up nice
Still my stomach knows
Truth’s in the twitch
Not the words I chose
[Chorus]
Feel the dissonance
Between what I say and what I know
There’s a crack in the voice
Where the real thing starts to show
When the lie tastes bitter
And the heart starts pulling me
That’s truth
That’s truth trying to break free
(yeah)
That’s truth
That’s truth trying to break free
[Verse 2]
Every “sure, I’ll stay”
Makes my ribs cave in
Laugh on loop
But the air feels thin
I can hear my pulse
In the spaces between
Where I dodge one question
With another routine
How many masks
Can a mouth hold tight?
How many “later”s
Till it chokes on “might”?
Body keeps buzzing
Like a blown-out wire
You can’t cage breath
When it wants to catch fire
[Chorus]
Feel the dissonance
Between what I say and what I know
There’s a crack in the voice
Where the real thing starts to show
When the lie tastes bitter
And the heart starts pulling me
That’s truth
That’s truth trying to break free
That’s truth
That’s truth trying to break free
[Bridge]
Hear that hairline fracture
Right under the “I don’t care”
See that half-second silence
Like I left myself standing there
Every flinch, every swallow
Is a breadcrumb back to me
If it hurts to keep it hidden
That’s the part that wants to speak
[Chorus]
Feel the dissonance
Between what I say and what I know
There’s a crack in the voice
Where the real thing starts to show
When the lie tastes bitter
And the heart starts pulling me
That’s truth
That’s truth trying to break free
(oh)
That’s truth
That’s truth trying to break free