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I've been trying to re-learn my name,
It seems like a thousand years
I've been out of frame,
And I surrender; the truth is what,
What I've needed from you.
I've been floating within
Your walls of opinion,
And I'm tired – I only want the truth.

I have tried so hard not to be like them,
I have found they don't ever say what they mean,
There is a truth, there is a light if you'd follow me there.
I've been searching for the directions, and
I'm convinced the world doesn't know what it needs,
There is a hope for the hopeless, I can promise you that.

Yeah, well, I've been accosted,
The jury's been partial,
But I won't surrender
To prove to you I won't lie
Under pressure of compromise.
An absolute measure won't change with opinion,
No matter how hard you try,
It's an immovable thing
Like the visions in your bed,
Or when they're streaming in your head.

I have tried so hard not to be like them,
I have found they don't ever say what they mean,
There is a truth, there is a light if you'd follow me there.
I've been searching for the directions, and
I'm convinced the world doesn't know what it needs.
There is a hope,
I'll come back
If you're leading my hand.
The world is so broken,
I'm tripping my steps,
I'm slipping and I know why.
I never thought that I'd be here,
A blinding call to prayer,
Has touched my feet
Like the call of the prophets,
A purpose is needed before you know that you know
To never wonder what you are,
And not forget where you've come from.

Is it really love you've been speaking of?
What'd you say? What'd you say?
I said that you need me, don't you?
There is a truth, I can promise you that,
I have tried so hard not to be like them,
I have found they don't ever say what they mean.
The truth stands in the end,
While you're deciding what to do.
The truth stands in the end,
While you're deciding what to do