[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Saxophone, Drums, Electric Guitar, Percussion]
[Intro]
Breaking news!
(Who’s breaking what?)
Another truth!
(Or maybe whatnot!)
The facts are facts
(Until they’re not)
Welcome to the circus
(Where the clowns call the shots!)
[Verse 1]
Wake up, check your timeline
See what everybody knows
Yet another prime time crime
Spun so the rumor grows
A rumor gets a rocket
A lie gets running shoes
And facts are in the corner
With a serious case of the blues
[Refrain]
Social truth
(Are you serious?)
Know’s no couth
(Must be delirious)
Nothing you do
(Is true)
Inflicting your insanity
(On all of humanity)
Shame, shame, shame
(You’re to blame)
[Verse 2]
You bend what is true
Till it breaks in half
Take a fact, twist it n’ spew
Turn the whole thing into laugh
Make an enemy of reason
Make a hero of deceit
Then convince the whole damn crowd
That the lies are indiscreet
[Refrain]
Social truth
(Are you serious?)
Know’s no couth
(Must be delirious)
Nothing you do
(Is true)
Inflicting your insanity
(On all of humanity)
Shame, shame, shame
(You’re to blame)
Truth is not a popularity contest
(Not a vote, not a trend)
A million people repeating a falsehood
(Doesn’t make it true in the end)
You can fool a few
(You can fool a crowd)
You can make a lie
(Sound awfully loud)
But reality keeps knocking
(At the door you barricade)
You can argue with the mirror
(But the image doesn’t fade!)
Fact check!
(What the heck?)
Double check!
(Who’s a wreck?)
Clickbait!
(Too late!)
Truth serum!
(Who can hear ’em?)
Is it factual…
(… or theatrical!)
Can you conceive
(How they believe)
Hook, line, and sinker
(Swallowed the thinker)
[Final Refrain]
Social truth
(Are you serious?)
Know’s no couth
(Must be delirious)
Nothing you do
(Is true)
Inflicting your insanity
(On all of humanity)
Shame, shame, shame
(You’re to blame)
[Outro]
Social truth
(Who’s keeping score?)
Social truth
(We can’t take much more!)
Shame, shame, shame
(Stop playing the game!)
Shame, shame, shame
(Truth isn’t yours to rename!)
Social truth…
(Are you serious?)
Social truth…
(Or just delirious?)
Lame (brain)
From the album “Social Truth“