Hinting at the truth

"Hinting at the truth" is a song written in 1998 by LorD and Master. The title is based on a friend who made vague allusions to his true sexuality while denying he was gay, leading to a note of the phrase being made. The lyrics were written about an unfaithful lover who is testing their partner by making small hints of their infidelity, while the other partner (from whose point of view the song is written) is aware of the truth, but doesn't mind so long as they're kept in comfort.

Lyrics

You come back home
So late at night
I hear your thoughts
Filled with sad delight
It will take years
For me to find the proof
But until then you're
Hinting at the truth

When dawn breaks
I get up to see
Living in your lies
Is living comfortably
Searching for clues
Will drain away my youth
So I ignore you
Hinting at the truth

With your secret life
You can do what you want to do
Just bring me home some love
And I'll keep loving you

With your secret life
You can do what you want to do
Just bring me home some love
And I'll keep loving you

Versions

"Hinting at the truth" artwork.

• Appears on One special edition.
• Appears on Redux 2.
• Appears on "Hinting at the truth" maxi-single (q.v.).
• Remixes by LorD and Master, Glynn Jaine, GX and CeCe Hemmings appear on "Hinting at the truth" maxi-single.
• dEk101 act one version appears on "Time to think" maxi-single.

Maxi-single release

1. "Hinting at the truth" (Redux 2 version) - 3.49
2. "Fear of losing you" - 4.08
3. "The party's over" (Redux 2 version) [Extended mix] - 8.06
4. "Hinting at the truth" (Redux 2 version) [Extended mix] - 5.33
5. "Hinting at the truth" (Redux 2 version) [LorD and Master remix] - 5.21
6. "Hinting at the truth" (Redux 2 version) [GX club mix] - 6.08
7. "Hinting at the truth" (Redux 2 version) [Glynn Jaine remix] - 3.27
8. "Hinting at the truth" (Redux 2 version) [CeCe Hemmings remix] - 4.26

Released 13 May 2019

Personnel

• Written, produced and performed by Daniel Bailey-Graham.
• Remix and additional production on tracks 1, 3 - 5 by Daniel Bailey-Graham.
• Remix and additional production on track 6 by Graham Ellis for GX.
• Remix and additional production on track 7 by Glynn Jaine.
• Remix and additional production on track 8 by CeCe Hemmings.