The Truth Is

from The Show Tune Style Collection - 15 Tracks by Ed Verner

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I’d like to say I’m sorry
For your pain
I’d like to say I’m sorry
For the rain that fell down on you
But the truth is I’m glad
He hurt you
Opened your heart enough
To make room for me

I’d like to be the man
Who turned your head that first time
I’d like to be the man
Who catches your eye without half trying
But the truth is the heart
In me was forged when I was lonely
And I know I’d rather
Touch your heart than catch your eye

And that’s a first
It’s the first time you fell hard for a friend
Who didn’t change the minute
That you loved him
Lose his way in your smile
And that’s a first
It’s the first time you reached out to love
And found that what
You hoped would be
Came true and made you feel free

I’d like to say that now
You know these things life will get better
I’d like to promise that
The pain will now somehow be easier
But the truth is a part of me
Hopes that he will hurt you with ‘goodbye’
And I know he’d be so sorry
But you’d be free

Free from the pain
Free from the chain
Free in the rain

I’d like to say I’m sorry
For the way he plays with your mind
I’d like to say his love
Is worth all the dark and troubled times
But the truth is I know he holds you down
He doesn’t deserve to kiss your hand
And I know he’d be so sorry
If he knew how he makes room for me

(Refrain)

I’d like to feel that I
Am worth all of this pain for you
But the truth is I was
A splint upon your broken heart and soul
And it is killing me to know
That when you’re healed you must go

Remember me
Free now from him
Free now to be
Free now from me
Remember me

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from The Show Tune Style Collection - 15 Tracks, released September 17, 2019

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A withdrawn and somewhat reclusive renaissance man of lyrics, logic, and lullabies, Ed Verner prefers you to hear his piano rather than know him.

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