Truth I Need

by Zoetic

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I (Kierstyn) began writing this song in March after I came down with covid-19. I quarantined for three weeks in my apartment, seeing no one other than my husband and not being able to be within six feet of him. This was the right thing to do, of course, but that didn't make it easy. So I began writing this song:

"I've been a prisoner inside these walls...not trusting my own mind. It keeps replaying what life used to be...somewhere we left it behind."

I finished the song in May, after I saw the severe political instability in our country. I began to realize that certain things I used to count on for stability and sanity-- seeing friends and family regularly, having my comfortable daily routine, sharing certain values with my fellow Americans, and even attending my church in person-- I could no longer necessarily count on.

I don't get my values or stability or sanity from the culture. I have to get all three of these thing from the unchanging nature of God and the Bible. And occasionally those things align with the culture, but oftentimes they don't.

The rest of this song is about how anything other than the Bible is a shaky foundation to build your worldview on. The standards are ever changing in our culture, but Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is my source of sanity in an increasingly insane world, He is my rock in an increasingly unstable world, and He is the truth I need when I don't know what the truth is.

lyrics

{Verse 1}
I’ve been a prisoner inside these walls
Not trusting my own mind
It keeps replaying what life used to be
Somewhere we left it behind

{Verse 2}
They’re always saying what I should stand for
And I’m left standing alone
The loneliness of fighting up the stream
I’m longing to come home

{Chorus 1}
Just give me reason, I have nothing to lose
I need something I can give myself to
There must be purpose where chaos ensues
A source of truth

{Verse 3}
I see a nation full of suffering
Wrapped in prosperity
They quote the message, you’ll repeat it blind
Hoping to wash yourself clean

{Verse 4}
But I’m no better, I’m a sinner too
Pointing to hide my shame
Making a similar mistake as you
Oh God, we’re all to blame

{Chorus 2}
Just give me reason, I have nothing to lose
I need something I can give myself to
There must be purpose where chaos ensues
A hope that breaks through
Oh, I’ve lost all understanding
In a world I can’t believe, I’m begging please
Just be my saving grace, my sanity
The truth I need

{Bridge}
I’m falling into apathy
They claim I’m still guilty
Virtue won’t set us free
I only want humility

{Chorus 3}
Just give me reason, I have nothing to lose
I need something I can give myself to
There must be purpose where chaos ensues
A hope that breaks through
Oh, I’ve lost all understanding
In a world I can’t believe, I’m begging please
Just be my saving grace, my sanity
The truth I need
Just be my saving grace, my sanity
The truth I need

credits

released October 16, 2020
Vocals: Emma Voron
Instruments/songwriting/production: Kierstyn St. John
Mixing/mastering: Matthew Dougherty

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Zoetic Phoenix, Arizona

Zoetic is the jazz pop fusion project of multi-instrumentalist Kierstyn St. John and vocalist Emma Voron. They are not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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