MUZIC SOCIETY

Lyrics

### Verse 1

Midnight struck and the truth came knocking
Hard enough to shake the dust from the walls
Every lie you buried beneath sweet talking
Rose up demanding answers after all

You spent years stepping over broken people
Leaving promises scattered across the ground
Thinking consequences traveled slower than you did
Thinking accountability couldn't track you down

But time keeps records nobody can alter
And memory keeps receipts nobody can burn
The road gets mighty narrow when the reckoning arrives
And every soul reaches its appointed turn

### Chorus

Where you gonna run now?
When the shadows start calling your name
Where you gonna run now?
When the mirror stops playing your game

You can outrun neighbors
You can outrun old towns
But tell me, baby

Where you gonna run

When the truth comes around?

### Verse 2

I knew a man who wore charm like a tailored suit
Could sell moonlight to somebody standing in daylight
Had women believing every polished sentence
While he disappeared before morning made things right

He thought heartbreak belonged to other people
Thought tears were just water that would dry
Never considered every wound he handed out
Would eventually come back asking why

See, life has a funny way of balancing ledgers
A patient way of settling old accounts
What you send into the world keeps circling
Until it finds the address where it counts

### Chorus

Where you gonna run now?
When the shadows start calling your name
Where you gonna run now?
When the mirror stops playing your game

You can outrun neighbors
You can outrun old towns
But tell me, baby

Where you gonna run

When the truth comes around?

### Bridge

Will you run to the river?

The river remembers.

Will you run to the mountain?

The mountain witnessed everything.

Will you run to old lovers?

They can't erase what happened.

Will you run to money?

Money don't quiet a restless conscience.

Will you run to applause?

The crowd goes home eventually.

So tell me...

Where you gonna run?

### Verse 3

Now don't mistake this song for vengeance
I ain't standing here wishing anybody harm
I'm singing about the moment every soul encounters
When excuses finally lose their charm

Because redemption waits for those willing to face it
Healing waits beyond confession's door
But first you've got to stop running from your reflection
And become who you pretend to be before

### Final Chorus

Where you gonna run now?
When the midnight hour strips away disguise
Where you gonna run now?
When accountability arrives

You can run through the Delta
You can run through the rain
But sooner or later

You'll be standing face-to-face

With your own name

### Outro

The jukebox has fallen silent...

The neon is humming low...

And somewhere in the darkness

A weary soul is finally deciding

To stop running...

To stop hiding...

To stop blaming...

And start becoming...

Because the truth ain't your enemy...

The truth is the road home...

Where you gonna run now?

Where you gonna run now?

Where...

You...

Gonna...

Run...?