Tears Taste Like Truth - JadenWest
I kept my smile polished, cracks out of sight
Told them I'm fine, every day every night
But when the door closes the mask falls loose
Tears in my lips and they taste like truth
I swallowed my pain, said I'd be okay
Learned how to laugh just to keep folks away
I spoke in silence, I bled in my chest
Some feelings only come out when you're drenched
I trusted the wrong ones, I blamed myself
Put everybody first, left nothing else
I prayed for peace, but I fought the proof
Every time I cried, it tasted like truth
Tears taste like truth when the lights go low
When nobody's there and it finally shows
I can't lie to God, I can't lie to me
Every drop tells who I really be
Tears taste like truth, salty and real
Every hurt I hit, every scar I feel
I try to pretend but what's the use
When tears taste like truth
I gave my heart where it wasn't safe
Stayed too long in a broken place
I learned too late love shouldn't bruise
But pain don't warn you, it just moves
I replay the nights I begged to stay
Watched myself fade just to make you stay
I lost my voice in a losing fight
Now tears say what I couldn't write
They see the strength, they don't see the cost
They don't count tears for the parts I lost
I made it through but it wasn't smooth
I survived nights where tears taste like truth
When the lights go low
When nobody's there and it finally shows
I can't lie to God, I can't lie to me
Every drop tells who I really be
Tears taste like truth, salty and real
Every hurt I hit, every scar I feel
I try to pretend but what's the use
When tears taste like truth
Maybe one day I won't hide this pain
Won't wash my face and smile again
But tonight I sit with the proof
Let the tears speak truth
I can fake a smile
But tears taste like truth
