True Believer

Soon, they said

Soon, they said

Hold the line

Don't lose faith

Just one more day

Just one more day

He bought a ticket to the promised land

With a secret code tattooed on his hand

Had a calendar full of judgment days

Every single one just slipped away

He watched the clock till the numbers bled

Kept a thousand prophecies beside his bed

When the morning came and the sky stayed blue

He said the plan had changed, like it always do

Move the date

Change the name

Light another candle

Feed the flame

TRUE BELIEVER!

Waiting on a sign!

TRUE BELIEVER!

Standing in a line!

They sold you tomorrow

And stole your today

TRUE BELIEVER!

How much more you gonna pay?

He had a friend who tried to tell him straight

But the truth got buried underneath the hate

Said the storm was coming with a trumpet sound

But the only thing falling was his world around

He traded Sunday dinners for a midnight feed

Every broken promise was another seed

And the men behind the curtain never showed their face

Just kept moving heaven to another place

Another clue

Another thread

Another resurrection

Of the things they said

TRUE BELIEVER!

Waiting on a sign!

TRUE BELIEVER!

Running out of time!

They sold you tomorrow

And stole your today

TRUE BELIEVER!

How much more you gonna pay?

Who will catch you when the curtain falls?

Who will answer when nobody calls?

Who will love you when the dream is gone?

When the promised morning never comes along?

They told you not to question

They told you not to doubt

They told you every failure

Was proof it all worked out

But if the truth needs hiding

And the promise needs a chain

Tell me, true believer

Who's collecting all your pain?

Two more weeks!

Two more weeks!

Another year!

Another leak!

Ten days dark!

A thousand clues!

Everybody wins!

Except for you!

TRUE BELIEVER!

Waiting on a sign!

TRUE BELIEVER!

You gave them all your time!

They sold you tomorrow

And stole your today

TRUE BELIEVER!

YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY!

TRUE BELIEVER!

Put the burden down!

TRUE BELIEVER!

There's a world outside this town!

No secret salvation

No debt left to pay

TRUE BELIEVER!

YOU CAN WALK AWAY!

Soon, they said

Soon, they said

The sun came up

The world went on

And you were free

All along

Believe your eyes.