Martin Grech

Only One Listening

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Only One Listening Lyrics

Listen, listen to silence
I can't hear with the lights down
In here the air never felt so thick

Sinking into the floor
I'm fighting, I'm fighting for air
I'm screaming bullets under the ocean

You see I'm listening
I'm the only one listening
You see I'm listening
I'm the only one listening

A life in solo
I can't keep shutting you out
You're me as much as I am

Solid seen but not heard
Full belly, eating your words
Excuse me for never paying attention

I will be here

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sethbrown On Nov 10, 2004

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2004-11-10 10:44:49

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by slccritchle1

20y ago

Perhaps about being able to appreciate and understand someone who is completely lost to the world, because he himself is similarly lost. He is the 'only one listening' for that reason. "You're me as much as I am". By the by a brilliant and beautiful song, which sums up the feelings one has when in love of being the only person who understands and accepts that person for exactly who and what they are.

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