Always pay attention
When someone else is speaking
If it didn't mean something to them
They wouldn’t talk about it at all

Always listen closely
For the answers you are seeking,
May be closer than you think
Found in the ramblings of that call

Imagine if you will
A world where everyone cared
Where they leaned ear in intently
Instead of filling our heads with doubt

Maybe we'd all be happier;
Collectively less scared
We could solve all of life's problems
If we just heard everybody out

You see confidence builds greatness
Yet we continue to put each other down
Jealousy and rage keep us from turning the page
Even when the story could teach us something profound

The power of my spoken word
Is little if they're left unheard
And if thet stay inside my head
They might as well be words unsaid

Not bent
Broken
Snapped
To the point where you can't see me
Not that you did anyway

Maybe I blinded you
Maybe you were always blind
But now, for sure my mind is
Snapped
Broken
Leaving

I was supposed to bend
I was supposed to have strength
But I guess that it all left, so now I'm
Broken
Snapped
Gone

They flow and I am left
Confused and sad and a mix of a million other things
But I can't say any of them
I am a man

I put up walls to keep people out
And bite my cheek to hold back tears
I need to look strong, to put on a brave face
I am a man

Who cares
Maybe everyone, but I don't see that
My sight is blocked by walls that I put up
so now No one can see me, and I see no hope,
only darkness
Yet somehow words seep through the cracks
I can't see the source but the words are clear
They break down the walls, and they flow
Am I  a man?

I can't say it...
Not anymore
I love you are that will now strike a discord
I love you is a phrase I simply cannot afford
Conversations won't be ending with I love you anymore....