What's it going to take

Shadows creeping on the walls at night

Truth's a ghost in the city lights

What's real what's fake I can't decide

A million voices but none collide

They sell you dreams in a paper bag

You cash em out but the hopes a drag

I'm chasing answers but the ground it shakes

Tell me man what's it going to take

Glass ceilings and a floor of sand

The higher I climb the less I understand

Maps are drawn by invisible ink

Follow the lines and you're bound to sink

They tell me listen but the words don't fit

The puzzles rigged and the pieces split

A mirror shattered shows a thousand fakes

Tell me man what's it going to take

Is it a fire is it a flood

Is it a scream is it a thud

Is it the silence after the quake

Tell me man what's it going to take

What's it going to take to see the truth

Is it blood is it sweat is it something to lose

Gotta tear down the lies

Gotta break through the roof

What's it going to take to see the light

Punch the mirror can't see the fight

Stumbling steps on a broken road

Carry the weight of a heavy load

Eyes shut tight against the dawn

Truth's been screaming all along

Shadows creep where the secrets lie

Every breath just asking why

Cold nights on a crooked street

Heart beats like a war drum heat

Voices in the dark keep calling me

Truth is there but I just don't see

Fingers claw through the dirt and stone

Looking for a way but I'm all alone

Sky won't crack and the rain won't fall

Who's going to answer when I call

What's it going to take what's it going to be

Gotta hit the ground just to see

Before you fall before you break

Open your eyes for your sake

Shadows stretch long on the concrete gray

Truth hiding in the cracks where the streetlights sway

Eyes wide shut we just look away

What's it going to take to see today

The clocks got hands but no time to lend

Every moment wasted we can't pretend

Mirror shows a stranger not a friend

What's it going to take before we end

The sirens sing in a language cold

Stories of the bold left untold

We're chasing fools gold selling our soul

What's it going to take to make us whole

The air feels heavy thick with lies

The sun don't rise where the future dies

We're blindfolded tight truth flies by

What's it going to take to open our eyes

Tick tick tick the sound won't stop

Climbing higher but the ladder will drop

Is this the hill where we'll set up shop

What's it going to take before we flop

What's it going to take what's it going to be

To break those chains to finally see

What's it going to take the truth ain't fake

Before the ground shakes before we break