Our Truth

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{{Infobox song

| name = Our Truth

| cover = Our truth.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Lacuna Coil

| album = Karmacode

| A-side = Our Truth

| B-side = Without a Reason

| released = 21 February 2006

| recorded = 2005

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Gothic metal, Nu metal

| length =

| label = Century Media

| writer = Marco Biazzi, Marco Coti Zelati, Andrea Ferro, Cristiano Migliore, Cristiano Mozzati, Cristina Scabbia

| producer = Waldemar Sorychta

| prev_title = Swamped

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Enjoy the Silence

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|XCxFTh-XDy8|"Our Truth"}}}}

}}

"Our Truth" is the first single by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil from the album Karmacode. The song was also featured on the soundtrack to Underworld: Evolution. It was a Top 30 Active Rock single on the Billboard Charts. The video was on "hot rotation" on MTV Italy and received significant airplay on American music channels such as MTV on T-Minus Rock and MTV2 on Headbangers Ball.

Lyrically, the song delves into denying and forgetting one's past by creating a new truth as time goes by.

The song is somewhat different in sound compared to the band's typical work as it features a more profound Asian influence. The song is based heavily on the Phrygian and Phrygian dominant modes, which are characteristic of Egyptian music and Arabic music. A shamisen, a Japanese string instrument, is featured in the opening and ending of the song and a faint sitar can be heard during the verses.

The song is featured as an on-disc track in Rock Band Unplugged, Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Revolution. In all but the latter, it is a master recording (a cover version was provided for its inclusion in Rock Revolution).

Track listing

  1. Our Truth (Radio Edit) - 3:26
  2. Without a Reason - 4:50
  3. Swamped (Radio Mix) - 3:46
  4. Our Truth (Jack Dangers Mix) - 3:23
  5. Enhanced Part:
  6. *Photo Gallery
  7. *Wallpapers

Music video

The video for the song was shot on 3 December 2005{{cite web|url=http://data17.gallery.ru/albums/gallery/146046-38fa8-49337134-m750x740-u75fa1.jpg|format=JPG|title=Photographic image|website=Data17.gallery.ru|access-date=26 May 2023}} in Los Angeles by Fort Awesome. It was produced by Rocket Entertainment and featured Cynthia Freund as costume designer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808141512/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=45007] The video came out in February 2006 and was made available on the U.S. iTunes Store in October 2008. It features the band playing in what appears to be a snowglobe.

In 2006 it was nominated for the "Best Group Video" category at the Italian Premio Videoclip Italiano, losing against Subsonica's "Incantevole".{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockol.it/news-82784/pvi-premio-videoclip-italiano-al-via-la-tre-giorni-finale|title=√ PVI – Premio Videoclip Italiano: al via la tre giorni finale|website=Rockol.it|access-date=26 May 2023}}

  • Director: Fort Awesome (Nathan Cox & Zach Merck)
  • Director of Photography: Dave Kalvert
  • Editor: Fort Awesome
  • Production Company: Rocket Entertainment

Charts

class="wikitable"
Chart (2006)

! Peak
position

Italian Singles Chart

| align="center"| 23

Spanish Singles Chart

| align="center"| 16

UK Singles Chart{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20060326/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=26 May 2023}}

| align="center"| 40

U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks

| align="center"| 36

Sample

{{Listen|filename=Our Truth-Lacuna Coil.ogg|title=Our Truth|description="Our Truth" from Karmacode|format=Ogg}}

References