Key: D
Introduction:
Bm C C#m
See the tension in your face
C Bm
Feel the nerves when we embrace
C Bm
What emotions do you hide?
C C#m
All those years of silent thought
C
Betrayed by those whose help
Bm
You sought
C Bm
Exiled, lost and forced inside
A F#m
If you want me
G D
I will listen to your words
Bm F#m
The dreams you have deferred
E
The battles fought
A F#m
If it helps to
G D
Take me to those dark extremes
Bm F#m
The meaning of your dreams
E
The way you've thought
Just talk
A E F#mA E
I'm listening
Just talk
Bm C C#m
I know your tastes in food and wine
C Bm
But never really what's on your mind
C Bm
What's going on inside your head?
Bm C C#m
I hear you say what you can or can't
C Bm
I'm never sure what it is you want
C Bm
There's always something left unsaid
Bm C C#m
We ride the waves of joy and fear
C Bm
I see you on the brink of tears
C Bm
I never know how you'll react
C C#m
Then the sudden laughter rings
C Bm
The sun is shining, life begins
C Bm
Happiness could be a fact
A E
I will listen to your hopes
F#m
I will listen to your dreams
E F#m
Anything you want to be
E
Believe me
A E
I will listen to you now
F#m
Then again and all the while
E F#m
I wanna see you smile again
E
Oh, yeah
A
I'm listening