LISTEN

Verse 1:

Listen to the sound of silence
Pay attention to all the defiance
Mind who's in your alliance
We all live in this bias
Never getting the full story
Only wantin' our own glory
Tryin' to achieve our euphoria
When really more of ya
Need to open your ears
Listen to your peers
Pay attention to what they say
'Cause you never get to replay
Much value they convey
Endless lessons we relay
But we don't have attention to pay
So this life, it frays
So much meaning behind one phrase
But the loudest one gets all the praise
And our children we raise
Not to value that phase
Where we struggle in the maze
Where life is brazed
At each moment we're grazed
So don't stay in a daze
And don't spend all your days
With a wasteful gaze
A valuable lesson pays
So much more than a raise
In life in pays
For the rest of your days
Look for what could missin'
And make your life mission
One of spreading a positive vision

Hook:

Looking for meaning
From the words you been bringing
In my ears they are ringing
Leavin' an empty stinging
So much is always left out
So I'm surrounded by doubt
Lookin' for a way out
Never understandin' what you're about

Verse 2:

So much can learned from nothin'
As long as your listenin'
Spend some time on your own
See how you've grown
Do you value all you've known
Or do you just want the thrown?
Focus on what you're tryna say
Otherwise they may
Never give you the attention
You need to mention
You're intention
Now look at all the dents in
You're relationship
Now they're all just blips
People in life go
When they never know
If you truly care
They say love is rare
So make sure you listen
When it's in your possession
Or else you'll be messin'
With all the transgressions
Givin' false confessions
'Cause you couldn't learn your lesson
And now you've lost all of ya blessin's

Hook:

Looking for meaning
From the words you been bringing
In my ears they are ringing
Leavin' an empty stinging
So much is always left out
So I'm surrounded by doubt
Lookin' for a way out
Never understandin' what you're about

Verse 3:

I hope you can see
I'm just tryna paint the bigger picture
Life's not just one fixture
There's than one mixture
So be careful
What you wish for
Otherwise you may
Never get to say
What you feel
And you'll just have to deal
With what's real in the violence
Of your silence
And end up bein' a nihilist
With the vilest
Of thoughts
While you rot
In what you sought
Regret what you bought
'Cause you couldn't pay attention
So you never listened