Higher Truth

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“Higher Truth” is the song that gives the title to Chris Cornell’s last solo album. According to Chris, the term “Higher Truth” refers to the simplicity of life itself, of… Read More

Sep. 18, 20151 viewer7.7K views

Higher Truth Lyrics

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
A higher truth

Can’t you feel the higher
Can’t you feel the higher
As it falls around?

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About

“Higher Truth” is the song that gives the title to Chris Cornell’s last solo album.

According to Chris, the term “Higher Truth” refers to the simplicity of life itself, of existence, of living in the moment and experiencing the marvelous miracle of life. Which, according to him, is something amazing that we usually take for granted.

Throughout the song, Chris encourages the listeners to embrace this message: the miracle of life is there, in front of all of us, is something so simple yet so complex for some people to realize.

The song encourages you to choose to live in favor of this “Higher Truth” (not necessarily in a spiritual or religious way, as Chris states in this interview ), which if you do, it will show you that the forces of evil are always pointless and that life always puts itself above everything.