[Intro]
I kept a fact under my tongue
It tasted bitter, old and young
I tried to speak, it slipped away
Another dose of Truth Decay

[Verse]
The morning changed the evening’s name
The witness changed his eyes
The record showed a different frame
The guilty wore disguise
I wrote the date down on my skin
The rain revised the ink
I asked the room where we had been
The room refused to think

[Pre-Chorus]
And everyone was certain
And everyone was wrong
And everyone kept shouting
To prove that they belonged

[Chorus]
Truth Decay
In the teeth of the day
Truth Decay
Washing reason away
Truth Decay
When the ground will not stay
Truth Decay
And the real cannot stay real

[Verse]
My brother sent a secret thread
My mother sent a prayer
My friend believed the things she read
Because the fear was there
The old map curled inside my hand
The compass learned to spin
The line between the lie and land
Was wearing paper thin

[Pre-Chorus]
And everyone had proof now
And everyone had pain
And everyone built shelter
Inside a burning claim

[Chorus]
Truth Decay
In the teeth of the day
Truth Decay
Washing reason away
Truth Decay
When the ground will not stay
Truth Decay
And the real cannot stay real

[Instrumental]
Slow drums falling
Bassline crawling
Guitars mourning
Sirens calling

[Bridge]
I miss the sound of one thing standing
I miss a door that had one key
I miss the quiet after learning
I miss what truth did not ask from me

[Breakdown]
Rot
Rust
Doubt
Dust
Proof
Falls
Through
Walls

[Build-up]
Still I hold a little sentence
Still I hide it from the flame
Still I whisper to the static
There was truth before the game

[Chorus]
Truth Decay
In the teeth of the day
Truth Decay
Washing reason away
Truth Decay
When the ground will not stay
Truth Decay
And the real cannot stay real

[Chorus]
Truth Decay
But I won’t look away
Truth Decay
There is blood in the clay
Truth Decay
I will name what I feel
Truth Decay
Till the real becomes real

[Outro]
I kept a fact under my tongue
It tasted bitter, old and young
I tried to speak, I tried to stay
Against the pull of Truth Decay