Truth Untold

(Slow piano over a low beat; the air feels heavy. You take one breath and start singing.)

I been wearin’ these masks for too many years,

Hidin’ my fears behind laughs and cheers.

Actin’ strong while I’m dyin’ inside,

Pretendin’ my peace ain’t long gone with pride.

They see a man who always survives,

But they don’t see the war behind my eyes.

Every secret I buried turned into stone,

Now I’m tired of carryin’ it alone.

I lied to the mirror sayin’ “I’m fine,”

But that glass been watchin’ me decline.

Tonight I let it break so the world can see,

The version of me that’s still tryin’ to breathe.

This is my truth untold,

No filter, no fake, just soul.

I been bruised, I been cold,

But I still glow through the fold.

I ain’t scared to bleed no more,

My pain got a voice, that’s what it’s for.

If you ever wondered what’s behind my role—

It’s heartbreak, fire, and gold.

I hid my doubts in songs for the crowd,

Turned my silence into somethin’ loud.

Told myself love was a battlefield,

But I forgot what peace could feel.

I let guilt sleep where dreams should live,

Traded joy for all I had to give.

But I’m done hidin’ behind half-truth lines,

Tonight I’m free, even if it burns my pride.

I ain’t the man they think I am,

I’m just a sinner who still got plans.

I’m the father who cries when the kids can’t see,

The friend who listens but can’t find peace.

I’m the son who lost his way in grief,

Still talkin’ to a ghost for relief.

I’m the lover who hurt and healed in the same breath,

Still searchin’ for the meaning of rest.

This is my truth untold,

Every scar, every story I hold.

No halo, no crown, no mask to wear,

Just me—flawed, but aware.

If my pain sound pretty in song,

That’s ‘cause I been fightin’ too long.

I ain’t perfect, but I’m whole,

In my truth untold.

I lied to protect, I lied to survive,

But the truth the only thing keepin’ me alive.

So let ‘em judge, let ‘em talk,

I been walkin’ through hell, but I still walk.

I ain’t runnin’ from who I was,

I’m standin’ in it, covered in love.

This is my truth untold,

The story that cost my soul.

If I fall, let the record show,

I stood tall when the pain took hold.

I ain’t ashamed of the dark I own,

It made this light I call my home.

I’m done hidin’, I’m done cold—

Here I am—truth untold.

(Voice cracks softly.)

No secrets left to keep,

No lies left to speak.

If you hear me now,

You’re hearin’ the real me.

(Piano fades; last note echoes like a confession finally released.)

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