One Straight Word (remix)

Watch your step with the whisper wind
It's a poison well where the hearts begin to bend
Distorted words like a crooked line

Turning the gold of a trueborn heart into grime
It makes you hate a heart that's clean and bright
And gives a liar a crown of light

Oh, beware the talk that twists the truth
It's the wrecking ball of youth and proof
Trust will fade like a ghost in the Sun

Leaving the work of a heart undone
Leaving a heart undone
Words have power, don't you guess the cost

In the halls of rumor, everything is lost
Seek the truth like a diamond in the rough
One straight word is always enough

Go to the one, look 'em in the eye
And let the dark of the gossip die
Oh, beware the talk that twists the truth

It's the wrecking ball of youth and proof
Trust will fade like a ghost in the Sun
Leaving the work of a heart undone

Leaving a heart undone
Gossip builds a wall of stone
In a cycle where you're all alone

But a word of truth can tear it down
And take the fake right off their crown
Words have power, choose them well

Don't let a lie cast a shadow spell
Seek the face of the one you know