The Truth

You can spin it like a wheel

Roll it like dice

Hold it like a lover

Or fight it like a vice

Use it like a weapon, shout it like a curse

Hold it when it feels good, drop it when it hurts

It used to be the ticket, used to be the key

But the truth is, the truth ain't what it used to be

You can paint it any color

Plant it like a seed

Take it like it is

Or make it what you need

Do your best to find it, do your worst to hide

Drown it in the darkness, shine it like a light

It used to be the thing gonna set us free

But the truth is, the truth ain't what it used to be

Scream it like an insult

Sing it like a hymn

Use it for deciding

Who is us and who is them

Knock somebody down

Use it like a prop

Twist it if you're selling cigarettes or soda pop

You can put a man above it, cap it with a lid

See it on the TV and swear you never did

Put it in the backyard, tie it to a chain

Try your best to sleep while it's howling in the rain

We kill it for a living

We pay to watch it bleed

Will we ever be forgiven?

Gonna have to wait and see

'Cause the truth is the truth, ain't what it used to be

No, the truth is the truth, ain't what it used to be

Ah, the truth is the truth

Ain't what it used to be

No, no

You're looking for the truth

Well, it ain't what it used to be