Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
You can make somebody cry
Go on
Do what you like
I'll be there by your side
I know
What the future holds
You can set the world on fire
Yeah if you want
It isn't hard
I won't be there looking on
To see the trail of lies
As you fall
But I'll take the truth
The higher truth
The higher truth
I want the truth
The higher truth
The higher truth
You can fill the world with pain
Yeah if you want
I've seen it now
You can fill the world with hate
I've seen it done before
And I know how it all works out
Make a promise if you can
You know
You'll only break it
Make a promise if you dare
Go on right ahead
And let's see where it gets you
But I'll take the truth
The higher truth
The higher truth
I want the truth
The higher truth
The higher truth
Maybe you and I one day
Will finally choose
A higher truth
Come let's sit in the sun
Feel the world spin around
As the birds fly overhead
Can't you hear the waves
Can't you feel the rain
As it falls upon your face
I'll take a truth
A higher truth
A higher truth
I want the truth
The higher truth
A higher truth
I'll take a truth
A higher truth
A higher truth
I want the truth
The higher truth
A higher truth
Maybe you and I one day will finally choose
The higher truth
Can't you feel the higher
Can't you feel the higher
As it falls around?
Go on
Do what you like
I'll be there by your side
I know
What the future holds
You can set the world on fire
Yeah if you want
It isn't hard
I won't be there looking on
To see the trail of lies
As you fall
But I'll take the truth
The higher truth
The higher truth
I want the truth
The higher truth
The higher truth
You can fill the world with pain
Yeah if you want
I've seen it now
You can fill the world with hate
I've seen it done before
And I know how it all works out
Make a promise if you can
You know
You'll only break it
Make a promise if you dare
Go on right ahead
And let's see where it gets you
But I'll take the truth
The higher truth
The higher truth
I want the truth
The higher truth
The higher truth
Maybe you and I one day
Will finally choose
A higher truth
Come let's sit in the sun
Feel the world spin around
As the birds fly overhead
Can't you hear the waves
Can't you feel the rain
As it falls upon your face
I'll take a truth
A higher truth
A higher truth
I want the truth
The higher truth
A higher truth
I'll take a truth
A higher truth
A higher truth
I want the truth
The higher truth
A higher truth
Maybe you and I one day will finally choose
The higher truth
Can't you feel the higher
Can't you feel the higher
As it falls around?
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Higher Truth Lyrics as written by Chris Cornell
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
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I don't think this is about religion, but finding a purpose with another human. If you have someone that you know for sure is your soulmate, you know there is a sort of spirituality between you and them. There is something there that isn't religion, but feels like it. I think that is what Chris is talking about here...
Rest easy, Chris.
I\'ve always thought the lyrics were Chris\'s thoughts on what God might say if he spoke to us. Just my take. But I got on here because I wanted an answer so.....
The song is about overcoming challenges and choosing the higher truth. It also encourages to face the world with fear and uncertainty but also promises to be by their side.
God really blessed him a beautiful song he made
(I’ve been listening to Chris Cornell songs and try to understand what is the message behind his songs and this website really has helped me to understand even more)