The Painful Truth

[Verse]
Truth
Is an endangered space
Truth
Is associated with the painful
That should not be spoken

[Pre-Chorus]
And it becomes hard to get people to value
Speaking freely

[Chorus]
Dissident speech
The painful truth
That will to silence is growing
But I see the hope
People are really hungry
For truth
Hungry
For truth

[Bridge}
We are in danger
Of silencing
Any form of speech
That goes against
What is perceived to be
The status quo

[Verse]
Truth
Is an endangered space

[Pre-Chorus]
People arе hungry for
Provocative voices
That go to the hеart of the matter
Because they want answers
To the things that they are
In crisis about

[Chorus]
Dissident speech
The painful truth
Is not valued in our nation
But I see the hope
People are really hungry
For truth
Hungry
For truth

[Verse]
The hope that I feel
Within my own self
And with other people

[Pre-Chorus]
Is that hunger for truth
And for ways to live our lives
More fully

[Chorus]
Dissident speech
The painful truth
There are things we have to say
That will be wounding
But I believe in
The outrageous pursuit of hope
A society that is full of promise
And possibility
People are really hungry
For truth
Hungry
For truth

[Outro]
And its that hunger
That keeps a place
For the dissenting voice
That keeps the place for speaking freely