Try to hear my voice
You can leave, now it's your choice

Maybe if I fall asleep, I won't breathe right
Maybe if I leave tonight, I won't come back

I said it before, I won't say it again
Love is a game to you, it's not pretend
Maybe if I fall asleep, I won't breathe right

Can nobody hear me?
I've got a lot that's on my mind
I cannot breathe
Can you hear it, too?

You kiss and you kiss
And you love and you love
You've got a history list and the rest is above
And if you're warm then you can't relate to me
From the floor to the floor
And the sky to the sky
You've got to love and adore and the rest is a lie
And if you're warm, then you can't relate to me

I said it before, I won't say it again
Love is a game to you, let's not pretend
Maybe if I fall asleep, I won't breathe right, right, right

Can nobody hear me?
I've got a lot that's on my mind
I cannot breathe
Can you hear it, too?

Leave your shoes at the door, baby
I am all you adore, lately
Come with me and we will run away

Can nobody hear me?
I've got a lot that's on my mind
I cannot breathe
Can you hear it, too?
Can nobody hear me?
I've got a lot that's on my mind
I cannot breathe
Can you hear it, too?


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Hear Me Lyrics as written by Daniel Coulter Reynolds Benjamin Arthur Mckee

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    My Interpretation

    This is how I see it: The character in the song is so deeply neglected that he’s desperate for a sign that someone cares.

    “Try to hear my voice You can leave, now it's your choice” (He can’t make the person care for him…)

    “Maybe if I fall asleep, I won't breathe right Maybe if I leave tonight, I won't come back” (But he wants to see them care, so he tests them with extremities.)

    “Can nobody hear me? I've got a lot that's on my mind I cannot breathe Can you hear it, too?” (He really wants a reaction to his suffering, but the things that bother him mean nothing to them.)

    “You've got a history list and the rest is above And if you're warm then you can't relate to me" … "You've got to love and adore and the rest is a lie And if you're warm, then you can't relate to me” (Warmth is often associate with love and comfort. If you’re loved, then you can’t relate to him.)

    “Leave your shoes at the door, baby I am all you adore, lately Come with me and we will run away” (This is what he wishes for deep down; for someone to love him enough to drop everything to be with him.)

    slykeon February 20, 2014   Link

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