The Truth Lyrics - Caedmons Call

I've been putting on and putting off too many people 

And I'm getting old to live 

Like an injured man, ailments and unfilled prescriptions 

Like the nose on my face 

Like a broken boat, a safety raft and a love for the water 

Well I just can't decide 

To sink or swim, it's me or them, should I save myself 

Or go back for the others 

Because maybe there's no gray 

And I was wrong to tell 'em so 

And then maybe all that I've to do 

Was done a long time ago 

Because there was life before my life 

There was provision before my need 

There was redemption before my sin 

For the sake of the world I thank the lord 

That the truth's not contingent on me 

Because I've been dressing up 

And dressing down for too many people 

And I'm a little young to live 

Like a troubled boy, a troubled soul, a fish out of water 

Because we're all just the same 

We're all just as good, and just as bad and just as distracted 

By the corners of our eyes 

As our fathers were, and theirs before and all those before them 

And still I glance around 

And with the way I stare you'd think 

I'd seen through a two-by-four 

And with the way I walk you'd think 

I'd never seen grace before 

Because there was life before my life 

There was provision before my need 

There was redemption before my sin 

For the sake of the world I thank the lord 

That the truth's not contingent on me 

But I've been putting up, putting down too many things 

That I know nothing about 

But I'm jealous of holding pride as tight as I can 

Like she was my only daughter 

Because there was life before my life 

There was provision before my need 

There was redemption before my sin 

For the sake of the world I thank the lord 

That the truth's not contingent on me 

'Cause the truth's not contingent on me