[Intro]

Verse 1

Wake up, screen glow, truth in disguise

Headlines screaming but they’re half-alibis

Scroll through a world that’s tailored to me

But I don’t even know what I don’t see

Different sides of the same story told

One painted silver, the other in gold

Echoes get louder the less that I roam

Built me a cage and they call it my home

Pre-Chorus

Voices talking, but who’s in control?

Pieces of truth never making me whole

Every direction is pulling my mind

Too many versions, I’m losing the line

Chorus

Living in the shadow of a lie

Reaching for the truth but it’s passing me by

Faces in the dark pulling strings I can’t see

But the weight of it all still falls on me

Living in the shadow of a lie

Every answer just another disguise

But I feel it deep, something don’t align

‘Cause reality don’t lie

Verse 2

Data in silence, they study my moves

Turn all my fears into something to use

Feed me a version that keeps me engaged

Anger and outrage all locked in a cage

Power don’t shout, it whispers instead

Lives in the things that we’re constantly fed

Money and influence shaping the frame

Changing the truth without changing the name

Pre-Chorus

Lines getting blurred, I’m losing the edge

Truth in the middle but pushed to the ledge

Everyone certain, nobody sees

We’re all just arguing different beliefs

Chorus

Living in the shadow of a lie

Reaching for the truth but it’s passing me by

Faces in the dark pulling strings I can’t see

But the weight of it all still falls on me

Living in the shadow of a lie

Every answer just another disguise

But I feel it deep, something don’t align

‘Cause reality don’t lie

Bridge

Maybe the truth ain’t hidden away

Maybe it’s buried in what we don’t say

Maybe it’s found when the noise disappears

Past all the anger and past all the fear

Look in the mirror, strip it all down

No more the echo, no more the sound

What do you see when it’s quiet inside?

Nothing to run from, nowhere to hide

Breakdown

No filter, no frame, no script, no spin

No choosing a side just to feel like you win

No puppet, no master, no invisible chain

Just cause and effect, just loss and gain

Final Chorus

Still living in the shadow of a lie

But I’m learning how to see with my own eyes

Cut through the noise, let the illusion fall

Truth ain’t loud, but it outlasts it all

Living in the shadow of a lie

But I won’t let it define my mind

‘Cause beneath it all, clear as the sky

Reality don’t lieYeah the world gets twisted, truth gets tried

But it leaves a trace you can’t deny

You can bend it, break it, sell the design…

But reality don’t lie