Truth I Know

I won't say I'm guilty

But the truth has changed

But trust me, my friend

It'll end better this way

I couldn't watch quietly

And I won't pretend

To understand

I don't feign piety

But why would a God ever want to be

I could feign stories

Of regret and woe

But morals implore me

To share the truth that I know

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Stressful days

Yeah, restless nights

But I know I'm just

I bear the burden of right

And it's worse for the liar

Than the one deceived

Don't offer me solace

'Cause I don't believe

(Chorus)

The dimmest bulb in that factory

Tore her away

And our hearts still bleed

(Chorus)

And what of the fate of Veronica, dear?

He manipulates ya with crocodile tears

And I can't pretend that it's alright

That the human darkness snuffed out her light

So, fathers, don't cast your blame

In my place you'd do the same

And, mother, do what thou wilt

It erodes us like the silt

Their sons destroy our world

By stealin' your little girls

The daughter you loved from birth

Slumbers beneath the earth

So ask yourself: what is one life worth

When measured against the children's birth?

Yet he's free to live and carry on

And she had to die and it's all so wrong

I will have order in this court room

I will have order in this court

I will have

I will have

Order

Order

Order

Order

The ones who make history

And the ones who repeat

All wind up the same yet under our feet

But what remains is what's passed down

My legacy and I am proud