The Truth is What You Know

Itʼs a bomb on a bus in the middle of a hot crowded street
and broken glass in the alley and the children with nothing on their feet
and itʼs all the rebel boys who ainʼt afraid to die
and all the white flags getting hung out to dry
and itʼs the answer to it all that doesnʼt show ʻcause the truth is what you know

Itʼs a color in your mind and the canvas weʼre all working on
and the space between the lines where the night wind whispers in a song
itʼs a temple in the sky, a long sandy beach
and everything you want thatʼs not out of reach
and itʼs the answer to it all that doesnʼt show ʻcause the truth is what you know

the truth is what you know
youʼre gonna get just what you sow go on and go if you can go
ʻcause the truth is what you know

some will bring you water and some will push you down on your face some will bring you answers and some just something new to chase weʼve been turning over stones and trying to find the ring
gonna write it all down like itʼs only one thing

but itʼs the answer to it all that doesnʼt show ʻcause the truth is what you know