Listen

Sometimes I feel like screaming 'I think my world has gone'

Sometimes I feel like whispering 'Lord, I can't go on'

Sometimes I feel like crying, but my tears never come 

Sometimes I feel like nothing and my body goes all numb. 

If I'm very quiet and I stay very still

If I'm very quiet and I summon all my will

If I'm very quiet and I'm calm as calm can be

If I'm very quiet maybe you will help me see.

Listen very carefully to what is all around

Listen very carefully to every tiny sound

Listen very carefully, please don't say a word

Listen very carefully, or you'll miss what I've just heard.

Did you hear that sound, a new baby crying

Did you hear that sound, a young child lying

Did you hear that sound, a soldier cocks his gun

Did you hear that sound, a mother lost her son.

Hear the wind, it makes no sound

Hear the rain, it won't fall down

Hear the sun, it shines no more

Hear the snow, refuse to thaw.

Feel that fear, tomorrow's come

Feel that dread, no time to run

Feel that chill, the end is near

Feel that terror, your last frontier.

So touch a heart before it stops

And touch a soul before it's lost

Please touch a friend who feels so bleak

Reach out a hand for her to seek.