[Woman's voice:]
I walk along this dusty road (x2)

[Intro: Tom Scott]
I know that you don't wanna hear it
But I gotta be true (the truth is ugly)
Shit, I gotta be true (the truth is ugly)
Gotta be true (the truth is ugly)
Cause ahh...

[Verse 1: Tom Scott]
I think I've been feeling this way for some time now
But just too chicken to say that I want a time out
In case you start crying, finding it hard lying
Together in bed when sparks aren't flying
Part of my heart dying
And still we aren't trying to resuscitate
What we do is sit around and watch it suffocate
Want to put you out your pain, but I ain't got the guts to break
Your neck could even cut the cord and jump, or cut the cake
Like I do, or do I need to need you?
Or maybe you need me to leave you, I need to
Be me, I need to be you be true
I know we never knew we would lose, so we knew
Now what should we do? look, I don't know
All I really know is neither of us want to die alone
Sitting on this unicorn hoping it'll fly us home
Even though we both know it died a long time ago
And I've been bullshitting, two-timing
Fantasizing, midnighting with this chick I met online and
I've been lying like she's just a friend, but don't believe what I say
I do know who's spot it is, and where I was on Friday
Wasn't really where I said I was, and when I said I loved you, I
Really only said it cause I thought that it might get you off
Texting exes, adding extra x's
Hoping that you'd check my texts, and then maybe get the message that...
[Hook: Tom Scott]
That the truth is ugly
And I know
You know
That I don't
Shit, the truth is ugly
And I know
That you know
That I know
That you don't love me
The truth is ugly

[Verse 2: Tom Scott]
I know you've been feeling this way for some time now
But just too chicken to say you want a time out
In case I start spazzing, wake your parents with the glass smashing
Steal your car, crash into his house, start slashing at his throat
Oh yeah, I found that note you wrote
You tell me that you smoke Pall Mall, I know you don't
It's all a lie, you stare at me, I stare at you
I wonder why, I've never seen you wear perfume
I see your eyes, I spy, I see the way you laugh at him
Stroking on his cardigan, dancing with him to Parliament
While I sit at the bar and wince, dancing with a glass of gin
Sparking up an argument, accusing you of starting it
Just to get some tension, cause I miss your attention
Trying not to mention it to try and preserve the friendship
But it's been about a year now, and we ain't been the same since
And when I hear you scream, it isn't in the same pitch
It's been ages since your nails dug into my back
But I felt your knife when I found his number in your bag
Cut the act, we ain't the people that we used to love
This shit is dying, and neither of us wants to pull the plug
I know you're thinking about marriage, honeymoon in Paris
But I'm still in the garage, your mom is still embarrassed
Like how could he be a parent when he couldn't feed a parrot?
It's apparent that you're sick of me, but I don't want to hear it, cause...
[Hook: Tom Scott]
The truth is ugly
I know
You know
That I don't
The truth is ugly
I know
That you know
That I know
That you don't love me
The truth is ugly