[Verse 1]
She kept the key in her palm
Cold like a river stone
When they said, “Let it rest,”
She said, “I need to know”
She walked past the fields at dawn
Past the chain-link and dust
With a notebook full of names
And a wound full of trust
[Pre-Chorus]
She asked the wind twice
She asked the rain low
She asked the old bones
“Where did my husband go?”
And every answer shook
Like a match in the dark
But one small lie kept burning
Right under her heart
[Chorus]
Tell me the truth now
Tell me the truth now
I followed the hush
I followed the proof now
Tell me the truth now
Tell me the truth now
She tested her mind
And it led her through now
[Verse 2]
She lined up the dates like beads
On a frayed red string
A tire mark, a broken cuff
A phone with a missing ring
She read every face in town
Like smoke from a fire
Some eyes looked away too fast
Some mouths climbed higher
She did not lose her name
She did not bow down
She held that question steady
Till it shook the ground
[Pre-Chorus]
She asked the creek once
She asked the sky slow
She asked the quiet witnesses
What they already know
Then a shard of the picture
Turned clean in her hand
Truth is a hard road
But she could stand
[Chorus]
Tell me the truth now
Tell me the truth now
I followed the hush
I followed the proof now
Tell me the truth now
Tell me the truth now
She tested her mind
And it led her through now
[Bridge]
Higher, higher
Past the lie she was fed
Higher, higher
Till the whole dark thread
Unfolded, unfolding
One name at a time
And the sky didn’t break her
It sharpened her spine
[Final Chorus]
Tell me the truth now
Tell me the truth now
I followed the hush
I followed the proof now
Tell me the truth now
Tell me the truth now
She tested her mind
And it led her through now
Tell me the truth now
Tell me the truth now
She climbed through the sorrow
And came out new now