I miss the part when we were moving forward now
(On our way down)
But maybe someday I'll be something more than love
Just know I'll never tell
And when you're on your way down
(Through the clouds)
And you're waiting for your body's reentry again

We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?

I'm missing parts now that you've told me everything
(On our way down)
And I was blessed, and I've forgotten how to love
You said you'd never tell
And when you're on your way down
(Through the clouds)
And you're waiting for your body's reentry again

We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?

Not even I will tell

We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
We say these things to know they're real

We speak in different voices
When fighting with the ones we've loved
We speak in different voices
Why can't we say what we're thinking of?

We speak in different voices
When fighting with the one's we've loved
We speak in different voices
We speak in different voices

To know they're real
Real
I'll never tell


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Voices Lyrics as written by Salvatore P. Erna

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    I think part of this song is talking about how when you love a person sometimes you don't tell them the whole truth because you're afraid it will hurt them.

    "We speak in different voices Why can't we say what we're thinking of

    Not even I will tell...".

    And how even when we know those we love aren't giving us the whole truth we don't push it because we're afraid of what we might find out.

    "I'm missing parts, now that you've told me everything"

    Some other parts of the song allude to having secrets with people we love and not being able to share these secrets with anyone else. Its as if someone has broken the trust "You said you'd never tell" and is working their way back to being trusted by the other person "And when you're on your way down (Through the clouds) And you're waiting for your body's re-entry again", but they keep breaking the trust and letting the other person down "I miss the part, when we were moving forward now".

    I duno, thts just the things i think about when i hear this song. It could be about something completely different.

    somesenseofsecurityon October 11, 2007   Link

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