Lyrics

THE TRUTH ~ Debi Red

I was raised on lies ... known as blessings in disguise
to hide the pain of my youth
Now when someone wants to know ... all the deets of that shit show
I politely refuse

‘Cause I hid it very well ... hardly anyone could tell
I struggled every day with the abuse
But every now and then I’d fall… up against the bathroom stall
it happened when I told them the truth

CHORUS:
So can you handle the truth… when it’s handed to you
Or will you turn your back and run… like those other kids have done
Can you handle the truth?

Flashback to my younger days… filled with rooms of smoke and haze
took any man I thought I could use
Fell in love at every cost… those lovers knew that I was lost
and used it as some kind of excuse

To put me in my pretty place… I’d smear that makeup on my face
and hope for something more than I knew
Numbed myself with drug and drink … no time to cry no time to think
and now you go and ask for the truth

CHORUS
But can you handle the truth ... when it’s handed to you
Or will you turn your back and run… like those other men have done
Can you handle the truth?

BRIDGE:
They say the truth will set you free… not me… oh not me
Seek the truth and all I find… are demons in my mind!
Oh yeah yeah yeah ... whoo hoo hoo

So now we’re here in wonderland…
Drowning in all this fake news…
Following the loud and bold…
Demanding that the truth be told but...
Can you handle the truth?

BRIDGE:
‘Cause they say the truth will set you free… not me… oh not me
Seek the truth and all I find… are demons in my mind!
Oh yeah yeah yeah ... whoo hoo hoo

Can you handle the truth ... when it’s handed to you ... yeah
Can you handle the truth ... whoa
Can you handle the truth!!