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Take Off Your Colours
The Truth Is a Terrible Thing

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The Truth Is a Terrible Thing

Release date: 2008

From Take Off Your ColoursTrack 12:52

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About This Track

"The Truth Is a Terrible Thing" is a track by You Me At Six, from the album Take Off Your Colours, released 2008. The track is 2:52 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 12 articles about You Me At Six.

About the Artist

You Me At Six

You Me At Six

Lyrics

The Truth Is a Terrible Thing

Nervous and your tearing at the seams
The lights are too bright and you've got cold feet
You look the part and you're only seventeen
Can you drag me up and show me what we're missing out on

Don't waste your time
We've heard it all before
We've had enough and hangers on and "friends" we didn't want
Don't waste you're time
We've heard it all before
We've had it up to heels and head and we won't take no more

You're a star but you haven't been turned on
Think you can shine this way
This way the whole way to the top
OH oh oh
Are you sure it's what you want?
Call it luck
Call it too much

Don't waste your time
We've heard it all before
We've had enough and hangers on and "friends" we didn't want
Don't waste you're time
We've heard it all before
We've had it up to heels and head and we won't take no more

The truth is a terrible thing
Don't you think?
The truth is a terrible thing
Don't you think?

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Track details

From Take Off Your Colours

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Album

Take Off Your Colours

Track number

1

Release year

2008

1The Truth Is a Terrible Thing
2:52
2Gossip
2:58
3Call That a Comeback
3:27
4Jealous Minds Think Alike
3:37

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You Me At Six — Ultraviolence (from Truth Decay) [3:47]
You Me At Six — heartLESS (from Truth Decay) [3:27]
You Me At Six — Deep Cuts (from Truth Decay) [4:14]
You Me At Six — Breakdown (from Truth Decay) [3:10]
You Me At Six — After Love In The After Hours (from Truth Decay) [4:00]
You Me At Six — God Bless the 90's Kids (from Truth Decay) [3:23]
You Me At Six — Who Needs Revenge When I’ve Got Ellen Rae (from Truth Decay) [2:54]
You Me At Six — :mydopamine: (from Truth Decay) [3:33]
You Me At Six — A Love Letter to Those Who Feel Lost (feat. Cody Frost) (from Truth Decay) [4:11]
You Me At Six — Mixed Emotions (I Didn’t Know How to Tell You What I Was Going Through) (from Truth Decay) [4:10]
You Me At Six — Traumatic Iconic (from Truth Decay) [2:47]
You Me At Six — No Future? Yeah Right (feat. Rou Reynolds) (from Truth Decay) [3:16]
You Me At Six — A Smile To Make You Weak(er) At The Knees (from Truth Decay) [2:47]
You Me At Six — God Bless The 90s Kids
You Me At Six — Mixed Emotions (I Didn't Know How to Tell You What I Was Going Through)
You Me At Six — No Future? Yeah Right
You Me At Six — DEEP CUTS [4:14]
You Me At Six — Hallucinate
You Me At Six — Lose My Mind
You Me At Six — Voicenotes (Alternative Version)
You Me At Six — SUCKAPUNCH (from SUCKAPUNCH) [5:00]
You Me At Six — MAKEMEFEELALIVE (from SUCKAPUNCH) [2:09]
You Me At Six — Adrenaline (from SUCKAPUNCH) [3:30]
You Me At Six — Beautiful Way (from SUCKAPUNCH) [3:46]
You Me At Six — Glasgow (from SUCKAPUNCH) [5:40]
You Me At Six — WYDRN (from SUCKAPUNCH) [3:30]
You Me At Six — Nice to Me (from SUCKAPUNCH) [4:28]
You Me At Six — Finish What I Started (from SUCKAPUNCH) [4:29]
You Me At Six — What's It Like (from SUCKAPUNCH) [3:27]
You Me At Six — Voicenotes (from SUCKAPUNCH) [4:01]
You Me At Six — Kill the Mood (from SUCKAPUNCH) [3:09]
You Me At Six — Our House (The Mess We Made)
You Me At Six — Fast Forward / 3AM
You Me At Six — Predictable (from VI) [3:56]
You Me At Six — 3AM (from VI) [3:35]
You Me At Six — Danger (from VI) [3:11]
You Me At Six — Straight to My Head (from VI) [3:37]
You Me At Six — Fast Forward (from VI) [3:15]
You Me At Six — Losing You (from VI) [3:30]
You Me At Six — Miracle in the Mourning (from VI) [3:16]
You Me At Six — Pray for Me (from VI) [3:06]
You Me At Six — I O U (from VI) [3:31]
You Me At Six — Back Again (from VI) [2:57]
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You Me At Six — Give (from Night People) [3:16]
You Me At Six — Make Your Move (from Night People) [3:40]
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You Me At Six — Take on the World (from Night People) [4:31]
You Me At Six — Heavy Soul (from Night People) [3:55]
You Me At Six — Can't Hold Back (from Night People) [3:54]
You Me At Six — Plus One (from Night People) [2:35]
You Me At Six — Swear (from Night People) [2:46]
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You Me At Six — Night People (Vaults remix)
You Me At Six — Cold Night
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You Me At Six — Crash (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [5:09]
You Me At Six — Finders Keepers (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [3:22]
You Me At Six — Stay With Me (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [3:20]
You Me At Six — Fireworks (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [4:42]
You Me At Six — Save It for the Bedroom (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [4:30]
You Me At Six — The Consequence (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [4:55]
You Me At Six — The Dilemma (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [2:52]
You Me At Six — Take Off Your Colours (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [5:45]
You Me At Six — Always Attract (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [6:18]
You Me At Six — Playing the Blame Game (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [3:09]
You Me At Six — Little Death (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [3:17]
You Me At Six — Kiss and Tell (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [3:38]
You Me At Six — Jaws On the Floor (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [2:45]
You Me At Six — Underdog (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [4:48]
You Me At Six — Bite My Tongue (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [4:37]
You Me At Six — The Swarm (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [4:47]
You Me At Six — Loverboy (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [3:18]
You Me At Six — Liquid Confidence (Nothing to Lose) [Live from Wembley Arena] (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [3:14]
You Me At Six — When We Were Younger (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [6:11]
You Me At Six — Reckless (Live from Wembley Arena) (from The Final Night Of Sin At Wembley Arena) [4:41]
You Me At Six — The Swarm
You Me At Six — The Dilemma (from Sinners Never Sleep) [2:51]
You Me At Six — Reckless (from Sinners Never Sleep) [4:30]
You Me At Six — Time Is Money (feat. Winston McCall) (from Sinners Never Sleep) [2:55]
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You Me At Six — Loverboy (from Sinners Never Sleep) [3:17]
You Me At Six — Little Bit of Truth (from Sinners Never Sleep) [5:32]
You Me At Six — No One Does It Better (from Sinners Never Sleep) [4:42]
You Me At Six — Jaws On the Floor (from Sinners Never Sleep) [2:45]
You Me At Six — This Is the First Thing (from Sinners Never Sleep) [3:14]
You Me At Six — Little Death (from Sinners Never Sleep) [3:11]
You Me At Six — Crash (from Sinners Never Sleep) [5:10]
You Me At Six — Bite My Tongue (feat. Oli Sykes) (from Sinners Never Sleep) [3:42]
You Me At Six — Takes One to Know One (from Sinners Never Sleep) [4:28]
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You Me At Six — My Head's a Prison and Nobody Visits (from Hold Me Down) [3:20]
You Me At Six — Playing the Blame Game (from Hold Me Down) [3:06]
You Me At Six — There's No Such Thing As Accidental Infidelity (from Hold Me Down) [3:47]
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You Me At Six — Underdog (from Hold Me Down) [2:23]
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You Me At Six — Stay With Me (from Hold Me Down) [3:15]
You Me At Six — Fireworks (from Hold Me Down) [4:20]
You Me At Six — The Consequence (from Hold Me Down) [4:26]
You Me At Six — Contagious Chemistry (from Hold Me Down) [3:30]
You Me At Six — Finders Keepers (from Take Off Your Colours) [3:14]
You Me At Six — Gossip (from Take Off Your Colours) [2:58]
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You Me At Six — Call That a Comeback (from Take Off Your Colours) [3:27]
You Me At Six — Nasty Habits (from Take Off Your Colours) [3:52]
You Me At Six — Sweet Feet (from Take Off Your Colours) [3:36]
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You Me At Six — All Your Fault (from Take Off Your Colours) [4:27]
You Me At Six — The Rumour (from Take Off Your Colours) [5:16]
You Me At Six — Always Attract (from Take Off Your Colours) [6:06]
You Me At Six — Save It for the Bedroom (from Take Off Your Colours) [3:59]
You Me At Six — If I Were in Your Shoes (from Take Off Your Colours) [3:01]
You Me At Six — Blue Eyes Don't Lie (from Take Off Your Colours) [3:31]
You Me At Six — Jealous Minds Think Alike (from Take Off Your Colours) [3:37]

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