Truth Can Hurt
May 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Lyrics Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTwaQ3eDHNI
We're just a few days away from the release of Chapter 1 of my new book, "The Criminal Diaries", and I promised to publish the lead soundtrack for this book in my previous post. So, today, I want to keep my promise. And I'm introducing you to the song called "Truth Can Hurt". It's available now on my YouTube channel, so you can listen to this song and watch the lyrics video.
The lyrics of "Truth Can Hurt" are a little banal, in my opinion, but the main meaning of it is that no matter how hard we try to run away from the truth, we will have to discover it, it will find us at any time, at any place of the world. And we will have to accept this truth, no matter how bitter it is, no matter how much pain it gives us. So, the lead character of "The Criminal Diaries" is trying to run away from it, but he has to learn everything in the end and deal with the consequences of what is going to happen after that moment.
[Verse]
Sometimes life can be a box of dark secrets
The reason for loud shouts and bitter tears
Sometimes you just need a blink of an eye
To wake up and expose all the lies
This is the thing nobody wants to run into
But someday we’ll have to know the truth
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t close your eyes, don’t cover your ears
Don’t run away, don’t spend your years
(It doesn’t make sense)
It can find you in any place in the world
And tell you what you’ve never heard
[Chorus]
The truth can hurt, the truth can strike
Everyone knows any lie comes to light
It’s so hard to hear, it’s so hard to speak
It’s always anxious, we’re never ready
To hear some devastating confessions
And torture ourselves with assumptions
[Verse 2]
Sometimes life should make you stressed
A sweet lie can’t lull you 'till the very end
Sometimes you just need a little trigger
To wake up and see the real picture
This is the thing that shatters any illusion
But someday it will inevitably happen
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t close your eyes, don’t cover your ears
Don’t run away, don’t spend your years
(It doesn’t make sense)
It can find you in any place in the world
And tell you what you’ve never heard
[Chorus]
The truth can hurt, the truth can strike
Everyone knows any lie comes to light
It’s so hard to hear, it’s so hard to speak
It’s always anxious, we’re never ready
To hear some devastating confessions
And torture ourselves with assumptions
[Bridge]
The truth is not always nice
(It may not be a good surprise)
The truth is not always nice
(It may be hard to recognize)
The truth is not always nice
(It may hurt you like a knife)
[Break]
Oh, oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
The truth can hurt, the truth can strike
(The truth is not always nice)
Everyone knows any lie comes to light
(It may not be a good surprise)
It’s so hard to hear, it’s so hard to speak
(It may hurt you like a knife)
It’s always anxious, we’re never ready
To hear some devastating confessions
And torture ourselves with assumptions
[Chorus]
The truth can hurt, the truth can strike
(Don’t close your eyes, don’t cover your ears)
Everyone knows any lie comes to light
(Don’t run away, don’t spend your years)
It’s so hard to hear, it’s so hard to speak
(It doesn’t make sense)
It’s always anxious, we’re never ready
To hear some devastating confessions
And torture ourselves with assumptions
[Outro]
The truth can hurt (it can strike)
Oh, oh, oh
The truth can hurt (it's hard to speak)
Oh, oh, oh
The truth can hurt