And I Tell Them (The Truth Bomb)

(Mmm, yeah...)

(No more secrets...)

(They keep asking me...)

(So I'm gonna tell 'em the truth)

(Listen close now)

People keep asking me if I'm seeing someone again

And I tell them I've been talking to someone, a complicated friend

Seven long years of being strung along on a string

Never knowing what tomorrow or the next day would bring

I was obsessed with you, crossed all the boxes on my list

Now I’m drowning in the memories, lost inside the mist

Then they ask when are we gonna finally get married

And I tell them I don’t know, under the weight that I’ve carried

'Cause you ghosted me, left me stuck on you these last two years

Unwilling to risk it all, hiding behind my fears

Yeah, I was consumed by you, willing to move all the way to Florida's shore

But you left me standing hollow right outside of your door

Then I saw you in public, my heart started to race

I was sick to my stomach just seeing your face

I felt the energy shift, got those familiar chills

Living in this crazy head, running over these hills

[Vocal Stutter] (S-S-Sick to my stomach!)

I'm dropping the truth!

And I tell them about the ghost of your lips on mine!

A feeling I can’t contain, wasting my precious time!

You ghosted me there too, but we did the deed again

Four weeks later, and I didn't want the night to end!

But you left something in me, a miracle made of love

Yeah, I tell them I’m pregnant, sent from the sky above!

The child is yours, no more hiding behind the screen

So where do we go from here, what does this actually mean?!

(Where do we go, yeah?!)

(And I tell them! And I tell them!)

(Ski-bi-di-bop, no more hiding in the gray!)

(The child is yours, the child is yours today!)

Now she’s calling you, and I watch you turn and run

But when I call you, you stay under the morning sun

I love you, and she loves you, it’s a heavy, tangled price

A child is the explanation, paying the sacrifice

I live with this baby mama drama every single day

While she lies to herself about the games that you play

You try to keep me in the dark, keep me as your little secret

But this truth is too loud, and there’s no way I can keep it!

(No way I can keep it, yeah!)

Then I saw you in public, my heart started to race

I was sick to my stomach just seeing your face

I felt the energy shift, got those familiar chills

[Vocal Stutter] (S-S-Sick to my stomach!)

And I tell them about the ghost of your lips on mine!

A feeling I can’t contain, wasting my precious time!

You ghosted me there too, but we did the deed again

Four weeks later, and I didn't want the night to end!

But you left something in me, a miracle made of love

Yeah, I tell them I’m pregnant, sent from the sky above!

The child is yours, no more hiding behind the screen

So where do we go from here, what does this actually mean?!

I sat in the room, feeling the room go completely cold

Thinking about the seven years of fables that you told

You told me to be careful, told me to guard my chest

While you took what you wanted and left me with the rest

No more quiet as a mouse, no more sneaking in your house

No more letting you decide what my future is about!

(No more!)

The truth is out in the open, the curtain has to fall!

I am standing in my power, no longer answering your call!

You can’t run from reality, you can’t run from the light!

We are facing the consequences starting tonight!

(Three, two, one — let the bass drop!)

And I tell them about the ghost of your lips on mine!

A feeling I can’t contain, wasting my precious time!

You ghosted me there too, but we did the deed again

Four weeks later, and I didn't want the night to end!

But you left something in me, a miracle made of love

Yeah, I tell them I’m pregnant, sent from the sky above!

The child is yours, no more hiding behind the screen

So where do we go from here, what does this actually mean?!

(Dry vocal, completely raw, close to the mic)

And I tell them.

I'm pregnant.

The child is yours.

No more secrets.

No more games.

(A single heavy, final breath)

(The piano suddenly cuts off mid-chord on a sharp stop)

(Sound of a heavy car door shutting in the rain)