[Intro]
[Soft Piano, Subtle Bass Pulse, Light Hi-Hat]
Somewhere in between…
Not quite what it seems…
(In a dream obscene)
[Verse 1]
Half a truth in full disguise
Measured out in compromise
What you see and what you guess
Never quite align—more or less
Edges blur, the center shifts
Meaning bends in subtle drifts
Every answer, incomplete
Standing on uncertain feet
[Pre-Chorus]
Say it once, then say it twice
Turns to something not precise
Every version slightly changed
By the way it’s rearranged
(Deranged)
[Chorus]
Is that true
(More or less)
Point of view
(Askew)
Confess
(More less)
Nothing’s new
(Second guess)
What you knew
(Undress)
Confess
(More or less)
[Verse 2]
Facts reduced to fractions now
Broken down to fit somehow
What was clear is undefined
Filtered through a different mind
Every claim a sliding scale
Somewhere right, somewhere pale
Truth gets trimmed to fit the frame
Close enough to keep the name
[Pre-Chorus]
Shift the angle, change the light
Suddenly it’s not quite right
Every line begins to bend
Toward whatever serves the end
(Click unsend)
[Chorus]
Is that true
(More or less)
Point of view
(Askew)
Confess
(More less)
What you prove
(Still a guess)
What you lose
(Address)
Confess
(More or less)
[Bridge – Minimal Beat, Spoken Layers]
More…
Or less…
Somewhere between a lie and a guess…
More…
Or less…
Truth compressed, under stress…
[Breakdown – Pulsing Bass, Sparse Piano Hits]
Less is more…
More is less…
Nothing settles…
Nothing rests…
[Final Chorus – Full Arrangement, Layered Vocals]
Is that true
(More or less)
Point of view
(Askew)
Confess
(More less)
All we do
(Reassess)
Nothing through
(Progress)
Confess
(More or less)
[Outro – Piano Fade, Distant Echo]
Close enough…
(In the rough)
Not exact…
(Just “about”)
Truth fades out…
(In the rough)
Between the facts…
From the album “Stranger Than Fiction“