While the World Was Talking

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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Everybody had a reason

Nobody had time

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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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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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Noise makes a good disguise

For everything we don’t fix

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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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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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(Let it talk…)

(Let it spin…)

(I’ll stay here…)

(Listening…)

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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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When the talking stops

And the rooms go still

You’ll hear what mattered

You always will