True Story Chorus 0:10 Since I was very little, I had encountered many fears, Sometime my life’s journey completely full of tears. There was nothing that could possibly make me happy, music was the only thing that make me happy. 0:21 This crazy song is mine The stupid song is mine This crazy song is mine I will sing it til I Die Verse 1 0:31 Because of civil war in My country We had to ran for our life in a hurry, from one place to another we had to flee, Until we settles down in a camp called, “refugee”. 0:41 There was an old men led me to a school so I could read and write, And I started to learn Karen’s alphabet and 1234, My teacher loves me and give me a Bible verse in Ephesians 5: 8 “walk as children of light” Bridge 0:52 Loneliness during the night, my eyes were full of tears when the sun rise, Every night I started to pray, Dear Lord would you please take away my pain. Verse 2 1:01 I saw myself as an artist so I started to draw, I did not had the proper tools so my dream and goal were all gone, When I went to sleep I saw my mom appeared in my dream, Woke up from my dream then I listen to music cause I’m lonely, Chorus 1:12 This crazy song is mine The stupid song is mine This crazy song is mine I will sing it til I Die 1:22 Since I was very little, I had encountered many fears, Sometime my life’s journey completely full of tears There was nothing that could possibly make me happy, music was the only thing that make me happy 1:32 Verse 3 I was hungry, couldn’t take it so I started to steal to survive, Being a pathetic thief i know I destroy my own life, People around me looked at me with their judgmental eyes, I learn from my mistake and I cannot denied. 1:43 I started to become a tattoo artist to earn some income, What come after tattoo were drug and alcohol, Because of these substance abuse my life became a disaster, Darkness overtake my life, and I lost my way forever, 1:53 In order to turn my life around I started to compose music, Sometime I shed my painful tear when I write my lyric, I can completely express my true story through my music, Life is hard, difficulty, but I will never ever stop making music. Bridge 2:04 Loneliness during the night, my eyes were full of tears when the sun rise, Every night I started to pray, Dear Lord would you please take away my pain. Chorus 2:13 Since I was very little, I had encountered many fears, Sometime my life’s journey completely full of tears. There was nothing that could possibly make me happy, music was the only thing that make me happy 2:23 This crazy song is mine The stupid song is mine This crazy song is mine I will sing it til I Die ***This is not the best translation and it may be grammatically incorrect too. But I try my very best to rhyme every sentences because Htoo Rue’s rhyme this song so well. This translation is for people who don’t understand the word but love to listen to Htoo Rue’s music.