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Def Leppard

Truth?

Release date: 14th May 1996

From Slang (Deluxe Edition)
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About This Track

"Truth?" is a track by Def Leppard, from the album Slang (Deluxe Edition), released 14th May 1996. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Def Leppard

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Lyrics

Truth?

[Verse 1]

I've been burning

And dousing the flames

I feel the whiplash

Of the backlash on my face

I melt to sleep at night

But I wake to trip the day

Never for you never for me

Would I kiss your feet of clay

[Chorus]

I'm still alive and so should I

Soak up the wave of compromise

Am I the victim of youth

Is this the truth

Why don't you tell me

Why don't you tell me

[Verse 2]

There's no conscience

In charity or shame

The voice deceive me

But believe me its the same

I see the black in white

And the color in the gray

Better for me better for you

Going to bleach it all away

[Chorus]

I'm still alive and so should I

Soak up the wave of compromise

Am I the victim of youth

Is this the truth

Why don't you tell me

Why don't you tell me

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

Why don't you tell me

Why don't you tell me

[Chorus]

I'm still alive and so should I

Soak up the wave of compromise

I see the scars, I hear the lies

So what's the truth

Why don't you tell me

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Track details

From Slang (Deluxe Edition)

1996
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Album
Slang (Deluxe Edition)
Slang (Deluxe Edition)
Def Leppard
Release year
1996
  1. —Deliver Me
  2. —Work It Out (1st draft)
  3. —Truth?
  4. —Gift of Flesh (Phil vocal)
  5. —Pearl of Euphoria (Rough mix)
  6. —Truth? (Original Version)
  7. —Blood Runs Cold (Rough mix)
  8. —Worlds Collide
  9. —Burn Out
  10. —Can’t Keep Away from the Flame
  11. —Gift of Flesh
  12. —Deliver Me (rough mix)
  13. —Move with Me Slowly
  14. —Raise Your Love
  15. —Turn to Dust (Phil Verse vocal)
  16. —Where Does Love Go When It Dies
  17. —Pearl of Euphoria
  18. —Turn to Dust
  19. —Blood Runs Cold
  20. —All I Want Is Everything (1st draft)

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Writer
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