While the World Was Talking

[Verse 1]
While the world was talking
I was watching hands shake
People trading futures
For a headline they could take

They were loud about opinions
Soft about the pain
Screaming through their timelines
While the cracks filled in the frame

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[Pre-Chorus]
Everybody had a reason
Nobody had time

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[Chorus]
While the world was talking
Things fell apart
Not all at once
Just piece by heart

While the world was talking
I stayed still
Truth doesn’t shout
It just waits until

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[Verse 2]
They were picking sides
Like it’s a game you win
Turning human lives
Into words they’d never live in

They said, “Say something”
I said, “I’m already here”
Listening to the silence
You only hear when it’s sincere

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[Pre-Chorus]
Noise makes a good disguise
For everything we don’t fix

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[Chorus]
While the world was talking
I saw the cost
Of every line
That got reposted, then lost

While the world was talking
I learned the sound
Of people breaking
Without making one

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[Bridge – stripped / intimate]
No microphones in living rooms
No hashtags for the truth
No spotlight on the nights
We don’t know what to do

They’ll argue what it all means
Long after it’s gone
But the damage already learned
How to live on

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[Build – backing vocals low]
(Let it talk…)
(Let it spin…)
(I’ll stay here…)
(Listening…)

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[Final Chorus]
While the world was talking
I chose to stay
With the things that don’t trend
But don’t fade

While the world was talking
I didn’t run
Some things get louder
When you don’t say one

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[Outro]
When the talking stops
And the rooms go still
You’ll hear what mattered
You always will

Blues, female singer