Listener
Being a good listener sometimes means that that is all you'll ever be in someone's eyes. This song expresses the feeling of always being depended on by other people, so that they may release their pent-up emotions and worries without being afraid that their words would come back to haunt them. Some people treat good listeners like pastors, like ghosts, or even a mirror; they want reassurance that what they feel is alright, even if what they're saying is wrong or immoral. Some people need strangers, those who has no relation to them other than being their personal therapist, someone who won't reveal their secrets and who'll give them words of encouragement to decrease their burden. This song reveals the possible perspective of someone that fits the above description, and how merely being a good listener has stripped them of any other personal qualities that they may have had, rendering them into an empty vessel that listens and only says what the other person wants to hear.
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He always calls when he's angry
She always cries when she's mad at me
They then catch me for the sake
Of having someone to listen to what they say
I don't mind their pleads
I don't mind their screams
And they don't mind when I reply
With empty "you're okays"
I'm only ever honest
When I've got nothing to lose
I'll only tell the truth
When I'm sitting back with a light
Smoke curling up into clouds
As I confess all the white lies
I've said that night
Out of the two of us
It's me that's more dangerous
I confess without losing face
Because I know the price of being right
I'm not noble, I'm not clean
I don't want to hurt you like I did
To all my other friends
I've told a thousand lies in my day
Smiled when no one's around
Silence is my music
That I'll never share with anyone
I've been a pretender
And I've been a listener
I'm your mirror
I've been you all day
But my mind's backwards
And my heart's not in the right place
I'll keep you busy to keep you right
Then I'll take all your worries
And all the thoughts you don't want to say
Don't worry, they'll die with my light
You need someone, but you don't want to say
You don't know me like your other friends
You can't trust me
I'm sure I made that clear
But tonight, everyone's sleeping
Everyone's not around
I'm the only one
I'm only ever honest
When I've got nothing to lose
I'll only tell the truth
When I'm sitting back with a light
Smoke curling up into clouds
As I confess all the white lies
I've said that night
Out of the two of us
It's me that's more dangerous
I confess without losing face
Because I know the price of being right
I'm not noble, I'm not clean
I don't want to hurt you like I did
To all my other friends
I've told a thousand lies in my day
Smiled when no one's around
Silence is my music
That I'll never share with anyone
I've been a pretender
And I've been a listener
I'm your mirror
I've been you all day
But my mind's backwards
And my heart's not in the right place
I'll keep you busy to keep you right
Then I'll take all your worries
And all the thoughts you don't want to say
Don't worry, they'll die with my light
The red shine is flickering away
Your words have already gone
With the smoke, white then gray
Leave the room with your burden gone
I'll make sure they disappear
I won't tell, I'll seal the truth
Don't worry, I'll lie if I have to
© Clairine T. 2020
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