All The Truth That I Can Tell

(album: All The Truth That I Can Tell - 2022)

I have some stories I
Would like to tell but I
Have sworn myself to secrecy

I have some deep regrets
Some things you don't forget
They haunt you for eternity

Things I could not control
I was too young to know
I needed to protect myself

Some people mean you harm
They'll see how hurt you are
And use you to enjoy themselves

I don't fear that now
I found my own way out
And I will use those lessons well

Some specificities
Some changed identities
And all the truth that I can tell
And all the truth that I can tell

I pace the dressing room
I feel myself consumed
By joy and fear for what's to come

My friends are playing now
Oh man, how good they sound
And my nerves burn until I'm numb

They play their biggest tune
Back here I sing it too
And when they're done
I strum some chords

I tune up my guitar
Grab something from the bar
Then pace around a little more

I sing a little bit
I save the rest of it
For what's to come when I walk out

I'm nervous, I'll admit
That's just a part of it
And honestly, I like that now

I take the stage and I
Collapse in fractured rhyme
Surrounded by a crowd of friends

They sing along with me
We trade the melody
And I hope that will never end

And then I go backstage
And my friends pair away
In cabs and cars and bikes and trains

And I find solitude
And I call home to you
And you call me your secret name

And I say, "What a show
You should've seen 'em though
I wish I could take them with me"

And you just kinda laugh
Say, I already have
"They're in you now. They'll always be
They're in you now. They'll always be"

I have some stories I
Would like to tell but I
Have sworn myself to secrecy