I met a man today in a crowded coffee shop
He wouldn't stop talking
He told me about God and guitars
And how most people don't understand him
But then he looked at me and said
I know you understand me
Maybe it's just a little bit, but, that's enough
We're on the same wavelength, he said
People stared and asked me if I was okay
They couldn't see past their own fear
They couldn't see what I could see in this man
He wasn't bad or unsafe, he needed someone to listen
But he didn't just want someone to listen, he needed it.
We are different from each other
You and I, all of us
We're the same sister and brother
Deep inside, all of us
If we could only learn to listen
To the cries inside all of us
Then love would be the victor
We are one, all of us
If we could just listen to each other
If we could just listen to our hearts
If we could just listen to what's right in front of us
We would know we're not alone
I want to listen to my brother
To his voice, this is love
I want to be a stronger sister
In your life, this is love
And I will fight for my mother
Who gave me life, she is love
I'm learning from my father
How to be, how to love
If we could just listen to each other
If we could just listen to our hearts
If we could just listen to what's right in front of us
We would know we're not alone
I choose to listen, sisters, brothers
I choose to listen to my heart
I choose to listen to what is right in front of me
And I know I'm not alone
We're not alone
To be here right now
To improve somehow
To be here right now
To improve somehow
Morning coffee and another day
Sunday's easier, others nothing holds its place
Go until we stop, push until we can't push any further
Lost and unlost, something always comes back when we can't hold any longer
To be here right now
All this time in front of me
To improve somehow
Slowly coming back to me
To be here right now
Finally where I need to be
Trying to work it out
Cover what is good for me
Form a shape and hold tight
Fall apart, watch the great divide
Build it up, learn a better way
Fold in half, find yourself the same
To be here right now
Finally where I need to be
Trying to work it out
Cover what is good for me
To be here right now
All this time in front of me
To improve somehow
Slowly coming back to me
Breathe in and wait for silence
Breathe out til all is quiet
Watch the seconds fade while we remain
New poison in our words now
A warning in the breakdown
Stuck until the feel of it gives way
And I dreamed of you
Dreamed that you were mine
Every night of you
Til you were out of sight
Everything is changing
It's harder now, we're breaking
The pieces gone that we cannot replace
And slowly it means less now
Every day improves somehow
But every night is more or less the same
And I dreamed of you
Dreamed that you were mine
Every night of you
Til you were out of sight
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Justin H. Wright
Mastered by John Golden at Golden Mastering in Ventura, CA
All instruments by Justin H. Wright except:
Kyle Hornbeck: bass guitar on "To Be Here Right Now" and "The Whole World is Ours"; electric guitar on "To Be Here Right Now"
Evan Amo: bass guitar on "Tomorrow is Not Mirage"
Aaron Tucker: acoustic guitar on "To Be Here Right Now", "The Whole World is Ours", and "On Being"
Jonathan Hall: electric guitar on "Much Better"
Nolan Sisk: keys and electric guitar on "Weight of Gravity", "To Look and Wonder", and "Rebirth: A New Beginning"
Julius Obregon: electric guitar on "Tomorrow is Not Mirage"
Gang vocals on "Choose to Listen" and "On Being":
Chris Wherle, Blaine Jester, Jesse Richardson, Alicia Sand, Sean Sand, Happy Hills, Paige Hills, Nathan Stewert, Cori Dunton, Martha Haines, Melissa Tucker, Rachel Webb, Justin Nordin, Beth Denney, Justin Denney, Chris Schellenberg, Morgan Tucker, Dan Jones, Matt Metzner, Michael Harri, and Katie Harri
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