TRUTH BE TOLD LYRICS BY MATHEW WEST

Lie number 1 you’re supposed to have it all together

And when they ask how you’re doing just smile and tell them “never better”

Lie number 2 everybody’s life is perfect except yours

So keep your messes and your wounds and your secrets safe with you behind closed doors

Truth be told

The truth is rarely told

I say I’m fine, yeah I’m fine oh I’m fine, hey I’m fine but I’m not

I’m broken

And when it’s out of control I say it’s under control but it’s not

And you know it

I don’t know why it’s so hard to admit it

When being honest is the only way to fix it

There’s no failure, no fall

There’s no sin you don’t already know

So let the truth be told

There’s a sign on the door saying “come as you are” but I doubt it

If we lived like it was true every Sunday morning pew would be crowded

But didn’t you say the church should look more like a hospital

A safe place for the sick and the sinner and and sick and the scarred and the prodigal

Truth be told

The truth is rarely told

Am I the only one who says...

Can I really stand here unashamed

And know that you love for me won’t change

Oh God If that’s really true

Then let the Truth Be Told