In "True Colors," DeJ Loaf turns the lights on a love that has already seen everything. She knows the real self beneath the skin and the mask, the one hidden even from a best friend and a mother. The repeated image of rainbows in their colors turns vulnerability into something bright rather than shameful, while the peeling mask suggests the exhausting work of pretending is finally ending. The love feels too obvious to deny, and she keeps choosing it even after bleeding for it.
True Colors Lyrics by DeJ Loaf
Turn the lights on
I give you what you want
You wanna run it right back (right back)
I know the real you yeah
Your skin tone, my favorite color
Your skin tone
You was born in the summer my original lover
I know the real you
I know the real you
I know
Whatever you with, I’m with it
This love is too obvious
Whatever you with, I’m with it
This love is too obvious
They don’t know, they don’t know
Your best friend and your mother
They don’t know, they don’t know
I’ve seen all your colors
Rainbows in our colors
Rainbows in our
Rainbows in our colors
Rainbows in our colors
No more hiding, no more scheming
Gave you love when I was bleeding
I’m the one who gave that feeling
I was there, you needed healing
Shed that light and build your inner
Look in the mirror
Your mask is peeling
Whatever you win, I’m winning
This love is too obvious
This can’t be done
Rainbows in our colors
Rainbows in all your true colors
Rainbows in our colors
I don’t know your true colors
Rainbows in our color
Rainbows in our colors
