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Truthfully

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Truthfully

Release date: 18th November 2016

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About This Track

A relationship unravels through the lens of unequal devotion. DNCE's 'Truthfully' tracks the slow recognition that one person has invested far more than the other, the speaker caught between habit and the dawning realisation that his affection is not reciprocated. The song moves from the initial thrill of being knocked sideways by someone new to the grinding reality of being treated as an afterthought, of begging for time that never quite materialises. The chorus lands on the central tension: he cannot fathom why they keep fighting, she blames circumstance, but the truth he wants her to admit is simpler and more painful. Joe Jonas has described the track as an honest reckoning with the possibility that you have failed to give someone what they needed, a moment of self-examination dressed up as accusation. The song builds its case through small, precise details, Mondays treated like Fridays, flying high with no smoke, the shift from dream to bad habit, each one a small erosion of the thing that once felt transformative.

"Truthfully" is a track by DNCE, from the album DNCE, released 18th November 2016. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Truthfully

[Intro]

One, two, three

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 1]

I was always the one dodgin' phone calls

From every girl that I met in my bed

But then you came around like a brick wall

You knocked me out, out of my head

Had me treatin' my Mondays like Fridays

Had me flyin' so high with  no smoke

Always dreamin' of you, always with me

Damn it, I feel, feel like a joke

[Chorus]

Speakin' truthfully, I'm not sure why we keep fightin'

You just go blame the bad timin'

Admit it to me, speakin' truthfully

I love you more than you love me

[Verse 2]

Gettin' more of your time was a challenge

Had me beggin' you like a schoolboy

Started treatin' me like a bad habit

So now I'm left, left with no choice

[Chorus]

Speakin' truthfully, I'm not sure why we keep fightin'

You just go blame the bad timin'

Admit it to me, speakin' truthfully

I love you more than you love me

[Bridge]

Now I know there's no use tryin' to get me and you on the same page

When you say that you love me, you're lyin'

[Chorus]

Speakin' truthfully, I'm not sure why we keep fightin'

You just go blame the bad timin'

Admit it to me, speakin' truthfully

I love you more than you love me

[Outro]

I love you more than you love me

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I love–

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Production & Engineering

Writer: Albin Nedler, BONN, Joe Jonas, Justin Tranter, Rami
Producer: Albin Nedler, BONN, Rami
Bass: Cole Whittle, Rami
Drums: BONN, Jack Lawless
Guitar: BONN, JinJoo Lee
Vocals: Joe Jonas
Background Vocals: BONN, Cole Whittle
Percussion: BONN, Jack Lawless, Noah Passovoy, Rami

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