Tell The Truth

Stranger, stranger...

I...don't know where i'm goin'
But what i'm leavin' behind...i already know
Run...the streets have no ending
But what i'm hopin' to find...i just can't ignore

I live to be strong...i want to be king
But i act so unwise--look how foolish i've been
When time after time...i try to be me
But i look down inside--it's the stranger i see

Stranger, stranger...stranger to myself
I was born on the other side of life
I'm just a stranger...stranger to myself
Never thought i'd ever cry
Never thought we'd ever be denied

Stranger to myself...

Why...are my thoughts so uncertain
Will i ever unwind...this damage i've done
Love--it's a fight--it's your life--it's not over
Can you look at me now...and show me i'm wrong

For once in my life...i want to be good
But i'm playin' the bad boy...much more than i should
When time after time...i try to explain
Those voices inside...they're callin' out again

Stranger, stranger...stranger to myself
I was born on the other side of life
I'm just a stranger...stranger to myself
Who'd have thought we'd ever hide
Who'd have thought we'd ever be denied

Now don't ask me why...i don't really know
But sure as i'm breathin' i've got to let it go
The eyes of a man...see the world of a child
The door it lies open--won't you step inside and see the

Stranger...stranger to myself
I was born on the other side of life
I'm just a stranger...stranger to myself
Who's to fall if you won't try
Who's to fall if you won't try...you won't try...you don't wanna try

Stranger to myself

I'm sittin' on a time-bomb
The world is like a time-bomb
And it's about to explode...

There once was a young boy...a modestly done boy
Who seemed pretty normal on sight
Wantin' for nothin'...but wantin' for somethin'
But mama made everything right
Inside her protection he learned of rejection
By a world that was not quite his own
He took his reward in a double-edged sword
Now the poor boy is always alone

He built himself a time-bomb
A ticking, talking time-bomb
It's about to explode under me
His world is like a time-bomb
A walking, talking time-bomb
It's about to explode under me

Now off on a new day...alone in her own way
A young girl waits by the phone
Longin' for daddy...she's missin' him badly
She knows that he's not comin' home
So down by the levee...her heart weighin' heavy
She knows that she's got to break free
She falls when she sees him...she knows how to please him
They can't see the woods for the trees

She built herself a time-bomb
A walking, talking time-bomb
It's about to explode under me
She's sittin' on a time-bomb
A ticking, talking time-bomb
It's about to explode under me

You gotta have faith late into the night
If there's another day...try to make it right
Find another way...shine another light

So now they're both older...their world growin' colder
And nothin' appears as it seemed
They look to their future...and the wounds that they nurture
And try to hold on to their dreams
This terrible twosome have really been through some
Scenes that they both know by heart
Mem'ries that jail them...support that has failed them
And they laugh but it tears them apart

We're sittin' on a time-bomb
A ticking, talking time-bomb
It's about to explode under me
This world is like a time-bomb
A walking, talking time-bomb
It's about to explode under me
The world is like a time-bomb
A ticking, talking time-bomb
We're sittin' on a time-bomb and it's about to explode

I see the enemy...and he looks like me
I see the enemy...and he looks like me
Looks a lot like you--looks a lot like me
Looks a lot like you--looks a lot like me

Get your master key...open up your doors
Set your servants free...they won't come no more
Wrapped my life in chains...gave my everything
Learned to feel no pain...now everyday i wake up

Angry...angry i said
Angry...angry i said

You pack me in your car...you drive my life away
But you only go so far...won't take me all the way
I tried so hard to please...take my place in line
Begged you on my knees...now all i got makes me

Angry...angry i said
Angry...angry i said

Your mantle's 'bout to fall
Your grip's gonna come undone
Nobody hear you call...no flowers from anyone
I'm gettin' down off the rack...i'm takin' this baby back

Angry...

I've wasted too much time
I'm gettin' down off the rack
I'm packin' up all my crimes...and i ain't comin' back
Your mantle's 'bout to fall...your mantle's bound to fall
No heaven after all...no heaven after all

Angry...no heaven after all
Angry...no one to break your fall
Angry...no heaven after all
Angry...no heaven after all

Hey brother the sky is fallin'
Hey brother it all comes down
Soul-searchin' amongst the ashes
There must be some way out of this old town

Sin-sister don't curse your neighbor
No tellin' (when) she might be you
Sin-sister you're not the only
Lonely girl who's left with nothin' to lose

Saw my future in yesterday
Someone told me it won't be long
Turned my future in yesterday
Think it's time that we move on

Love's not a color...what does it matter to you
Love's not a color...what would ya do if i were you would ya do it

Hey brother your streets are burnin'
Loose talkin' and the work's all gone
Say brother we best be learnin'
Don't make it right doin' somebody wrong

Soul sister i feel your sadness
Soul sister it hurts me too
Soul sister i can't stop thinkin'
We got to make some peace between me and you

Heaven knows--not an easy thing
It's not somethin' we laugh about
Heaven knows--not an easy thing
Take my hand got to hold on

Love's not a color...what does it matter to you
Love's not a color...what would ya do if i were you would ya do it
Not a color...what does it matter to you
Love's not a color...

Open your eyes to the sky and the mountains
Learn how to fly--i can take you anywhere
Lift your voice through the sounds of silence
Yea...yea...yea

Not a color...does it matter to you
Not a color...does it matter to you

Rhythm, rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh
Rhythm, rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh

It's the rhythm of the changing tides
It's the stars against a moonless night
When two bodies learn to move as one
It can bring you back where you belong

To the rhythm, rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh
Rhythm, rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh

It's the changing of the day to night
It's the color of the grass in spring
When you're wrong it's tryin' to make it right
You can be just what you want to be

Feel the rhythm...rhythm, rhythm
Rhythm...rhythm, oh-oh

Now i have travelled far
To wrap my world around you, oh-oh
And i have lingered on to find the colors of my rainbow
Now i have soldiered on
To build a bridge between us, oh-oh
And i have lingered long to find
The colors in your rainbow

It's the color of the grass in spring
Or the stars against a moonless sky
When two bodies move as one
When two lovers groove on
You can be what you want to be
You can be most anything

Feel the rhythm

Now i have travelled far
To build a bridge between us, oh-oh
And i will linger on...to find the colors in your rainbow
You turn me on...your tear me up
You tear me up...you turn me on
You turn me on...you set me up
You set me up...you turn me on

And so the knife comes down...another curtain falls
And no one hears the sound...and no one takes the call
From me and my anxiety...locked up in these four walls

I come to you now i'm alone...with my defenses down
I tell you everything i need...i get down on the ground
I always know that when i go...that i'll be back again

Shocked straight--doctor can you get my medicine
Shocked straight--doctor can't you see the shape i'm in
Shocked straight--doctor when you gonna let me in

If i could listen to my mind...and keep the world outside my door...
But time has opened up my eyes and shown me somethin' more
Now all i want is to be free...and get up off the floor

Why can't you look into my heart...
Why can't you ever let me know
You're always takin' me apart...you're never lettin' go
There's always somethin' on your mind...
This ain't reality

Shocked straight--doctor can you get my medicine
Shocked straight--doctor can't you see the shape i'm in
Shocked straight--doctor when you gonna let me in

Why you be so hard
Why you be so hard
Why you be so hard

I know it's gonna take some time...for me to straighten out my head
To say what's on my mind...to hear those words i said
And while i'm tryin' to learn to feel...
You keep on tellin' me...

Shocked straight--doctor can you get my medicine
Shocked straight--doctor can't you see the shape i'm in
Shocked straight--doctor when you gonna let me in
Shocked straight...
Shocked straight...
Shocked straight...when you gonna let me in
Why you be so hard
Why you be so hard
Why you be so hard