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