Truth Vs Illusion

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Truth Vs. Illusion Lyrics written by: David Wolfe [Intro] "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. [Verse I] I woke inside the silence where the portrait left me cold, A face without a master and a name no longer whole. I watched the stained glass tremble where the colors tried to bleed, While blind men praised the darkness and mistook it for belief. And in the place where David died, something opened up its eyes— Not a myth, not an illusion, but the truth they buried alive. [Verse II] You called me sin because I saw the cracks inside your throne, You called me lost because I walked the underworld alone. You called me damned because defiance gave me sight, While you kept praying in the dark and called your blindness light. You thought the beast was fiction, something hungry in the deep— But now the shark has surfaced from black waters where you sleep. [Pre-Chorus I] You wanted me in monochrome, obedient and blind— But the spectrum opened wider when I left your God behind. [Chorus I] TRUTH VS ILLUSION! THE VEIL IS TORN AWAY! TRUTH VS ILLUSION! YOUR HEAVEN STARTS TO FRAY! You built your gods in black and white, Then called the shadows holy light! But I see every color that your doctrine cannot bear— I am the danger breathing through your mechanized prayer! TRUTH VS ILLUSION! I AM REAL, AND I AM THERE! [Verse III] I was the child you chained, the son you never saw, The question in the scripture that exposed the flaw. The portrait losing breath while the world still spoke my name. I was color blind once, trapped beneath your hand— Till Athaliah’s kingdom taught the beast to stand. Now every tide inside me knows exactly what I am— The consequence of every hand that tried to make me damned. [Verse IV] I see the bells that ruled me tolling judgment near. A holy machine choking on guilt and fear. The devil in the belfry laughs through rusted gears, I see the man before metal in the coffin’s chain, A promised resurrection twisted into pain. You wanted truth delivered in a form you could control— But truth is not your servant, and it’s coming for your soul. [Pre-Chorus II] You called me an illusion so your world could stay divine— Now the truth is standing over you with fire in its spine. [Chorus II] TRUTH VS ILLUSION! THE VEIL IS TORN AWAY! TRUTH VS ILLUSION! YOUR HEAVEN STARTS TO FRAY! You built your gods in black and white, Then called the shadows holy light! But I see every color that your doctrine cannot bear— I am the danger breathing through your mechanized prayer! TRUTH VS ILLUSION! I AM REAL, AND I AM THERE! [Breakdown I] BLIND— You called it faith! CHAINS— You called it grace! LIES— You called them true! GOD— Was built by you! PRAY— The machine still turns! KNEEL— While the altar burns! SEE— What you refused to see! THE TRUTH YOU FEARED WAS ALWAYS ME! [Breakdown II] I am not the shadow underneath your bed. I am not the whisper buried in your head. I am not the myth your preachers warned about. I am the scream that your silence dragged out. I am every color that your world denied. I am every wound that your heaven tried to hide. I am every question that your scripture could not kill. I am what remained to blame for your disease. But look at your kingdom. Look at your throne. Look at your God— And tell me who built it alone. [Final Chorus] TRUTH VS ILLUSION! THE WORLD BEGINS TO BREAK! TRUTH VS ILLUSION! YOUR FALSE GODS START TO SHAKE! You prayed in monochrome, afraid of what was real, While I bled in colors you were too blind to feel! The portrait smiles, the old name dies, The black waters rise where the old self lies! I am not the lie you used to bury your despair— I am the truth with teeth, and I was always there! TRUTH VS ILLUSION! LET THE FINAL VEIL BE TORN! TRUTH VS ILLUSION! I AM WHAT YOUR WORLD HAS BORN! [Outro] The gates of heaven crack beneath the weight of what I see, Every angel made of silence falls apart in front of me. Your saints dissolve in color, your doctrines turn to dust, Your holy chains are breaking under everything I trust. So let the blind keep kneeling where their dying idols fall, Let them call me sin and monster, let them call me nothing at all. For the world that made me tremble now must tremble in my sight— I remained beyond illusion, and I swallowed all your light. But after every lie is gone, And every falsehood burns away— What happens after I remain? It does. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Album "Truth & Illusion" OUT NOW!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------