Right Too Soon

Jean-Paul VERNERET

2/3/2026

 

Verse 1

They spoke in the dark, no one would hear

Words sounding strange, too easy to sneer

We laughed out loud, rolled eyes to the sky

“Here they go again,” the crowd would cry

They drew out lines no one could see

Signs in the noise lost endlessly

Alone in the wind, branded insane

Lost in their theories, far from our lane

 

Bridge

But what’s the cost of being right too soon?

When no one listens, out of tune

Between what’s truth and what’s illusion

Fades the line of our conviction

 

Chorus

What if it’s true… what if they knew before?

Ten years ahead of what’s in store

We called them shadows, called them mad

But time would prove the truth they had

 

Verse 2

Years go by and doubts appear

What once was crazy now feels near

The same old words in headlines flow

Like echoes from too long ago

Voices once silenced fill the air

Certainties fall one by one there

And those we pointed at before

Now watch the world with something sore

 

Bridge

But what’s the cost of being right too soon?

When no one listens, out of tune

Between what’s truth and what’s illusion

Fades the line of our conviction

 

Chorus

What if it’s true… what if they knew before?

Ten years ahead of what’s in store

We called them shadows, called them mad

But time would prove the truth they had

 

What if it’s true… from the very start?

What if they saw what we fell apart from?

Ten years ahead of how we live

We turned them into foes to forgive

And now it’s finally coming clear

What they said don’t sound so weird

We didn’t want to hear it then

But they were ten years ahead

 

Outro

Maybe they weren’t fools or wise

Just out of step with their own time

In all the noise, unheard, alone

They shouted truths we’d never own

 

But being right too soon cuts deep

Leaves its marks you always keep

When no one hears a word you say

You scream alone in the fray