I Won't Lie To You

i won't lie to you
i want to
i also want my lies to be the truth
but they aren't
and i won't lie to you
why have a voice
why asked to be listened to 
if everything i say is empty 
if i'm going to ask you to believe anything
it should be the truth
it should be something i would believe
and i wouldn't want you to lie to me
would you believe that as i'm writing this
every time my brain tells my hands to type 'lie'
my fingers type 'life'


i won't lie to you
so here's truth
it doesn't look good
and it doesn't feel good
i could write the most poetic stanzas
or i could play the softest melody
and it still wouldn't sound good
the truth is
that the promise was
everything would work out 'for the good'
i wish that meant it would be
all good
all the time
but i'm not going to lie
that's not what He said
but what He said
He meant
His promise was one of purpose
for every moment of your life
i swear it
i won't lie


it will be alright
maybe not tonight or tomorrow
perhaps not next week or next month
but give it time
it all has reason
He can't lie