Story Behind The Song
Jeff had an exgirlfriend that kept trying to contact him a year after their breakup. We were sitting on the computer responding to the letter and Derek started singing the words as he dictated what to write back. "The truth is" was the subject of the em
Song Description
Relationship between a man and a women goes sour when the girl keeps drifting away while the man follows blindly. Resulting, in a severed relationship with no hope of rekindling.
| Song Length |
2:57 |
Genre |
Rock - Modern, Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Mad, Beside Yourself |
Subject |
Breaking Up, Numbness |
| Similar Artists |
Rise Against, Fall Out Boy |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
"Truth Is"
by Us Minus Them
Truth is I painted my eyes black,
The night you said that you were moving on.
How could you walk out of my life?
Those words sunk into my chest,
Lost all my breath, my sight and couldn't speak.
There was nothing left to say,
Now that I am moving on.
Chorus:
The truth is, you pushed me to the limit.
The truth is, I should've always seen it,
But I was so blind.
What seemed like centuries,
Since we last spoke and I couldn't see,
The look upon your face,
When you said that it was me that you disgrace.
Those words sunk into my chest,
Lost all my breath, my sight and couldn't speak.
There was nothing left to say,
Now that I am moving on.
Chorus
But I was, why was I so blind?
Now out here on my own,
Hoping for a place,
Where I can call my home.
Lyrics by: Derek Atkinson
Published by: Derek Atkinson
Atkinson/Self, 2009, all rights reserved