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Truth Is
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R&B/Soul
Truth Is was released on March 17, 2026 by Briunka Light as a part of the album Truth Is - Single
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Release DateMarch 17, 2026
LabelBriunka Light
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM87

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Briunka Light
Briunka Light
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tina Banks
Tina Banks
Adapter, Arranger, Composer, Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Briunka Light
Briunka Light
Producer

Lyrics

I loved you with everything I had
And for a long time
That felt like enough
But truth has a way of finding you
Even when you've been hiding from it
So here are mine
Truth is, I went through the most horrific moments of my life
While I was loving you
Truth is, I saw the red flags early
But I chose to see the good in you
Truth is, I thought my faith was strong enough
To carry both of us through
Truth is, I believed our babies
Would make you into something new
I held on when I should've let go
I prayed through every storm so you could grow
I gave you pieces of me I'll never get back
And somehow I blame myself for every crack
Truth is, I would've stayed forever
Truth is, I built my whole world around your name
Truth is, I would've stayed through any weather
But truth is, you were never who I thought you were
You were never who I thought you were
Truth is, I would've stayed so much longer
Had you not dragged me through the mud so deep
The vicious lies you told about me
The malicious slander while I tried to sleep
You turned my family, turned my friends
Painted me as something I am not
Retaliated every time I tried to build a boundary
Punished me for seeing through your plot
I held on when I should've let go
I prayed through every storm so you could grow
I gave you pieces of me I'll never get back
But God saw everything, He kept track
Truth is, I would've stayed forever
Truth is, I built my whole world around your name
Truth is, I would've stayed through any weather
But truth is, you were never who I thought you were
I need to talk to every woman
Every person who has ever loved someone who used that love as a weapon
Because nobody tells you what
Narcissistic abuse feels like from inside
They don't tell you that the person who destroys
You most is the one you love most completely
They don't tell you how disorienting it is to
Love someone who was once your safest place
And then watch them become the very thing you needed protection from
You start questioning your own memory
Your sanity, your worth, your reality
Because they are masterful at making
You the villain of a story they wrote
I watched the man I dreamed of growing
Old with just switch almost overnight
The man I imagined sitting on a porch with
Watching our grandchildren run through the yard, growing gray together
That man disappear
Something cold stepped in, something
Calculated, almost evil to the core
The cruelty, the lies, the slander
The way he dismantled every relationship I had
So that when I finally cried out
There would be no one left to hear me
I used to lie awake asking God, "Where did he go?
Is he still in there? Can I love him back?"
But here's what I know now
Darkness will always try to extinguish
What it cannot control
And if you are in it right now
I need you to hear me
You are not crazy, you are not too sensitive
You are not the problem
Your light's so brilliant
That it threatens someone who could only survive in the dark
Your love was real, every piece of it, their mask was not
And the day you stop trying
To make sense of senseless cruelty
Is the day your healing begins
I dreamed of growing old with you
I dreamed of gray hair and grandchildren
I dreamed of everything we built would last beyond this lifetime
But you switched
And I couldn't find you anymore
You switched
Became someone I had never seen before
Almost felt evil to the core
I had to choose myself before you took it all
Truth is, I forgive you
Truth is, I finally found my peace
Truth is, I even have to thank you
Because truth is, I would not be who I am
Truth is, without the breaking
I would not shine this bright
Without the darkness you were making
Darkness tried to use you
Put out my light
But baby, truth is
You only made it brighter
You only made me stronger
You only made this light
Shine, shine
Shine, shine
Shine, shine
Thank you
I forgive you
Written by: Tina Banks
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