whoever's listening
lyrics & music by peter c marinari 6.17.99
to whoever is listening i just want you to know i'm better off now/
i thought that i didn't know anything, that out here i would drown/
i believed that if i couldn't see the future it wasn't there/
and all i ever wanted was to stand in one place, anywhere//
so, to whoever is listening i just want to say it wasn't all bad/
i thought the worst was happening, but i didn't know what i had/
did you know that i'm stronger now that i've weathered so many storms/
even though i didn't know i don't have to stay dry to stay afloat//
did i ever look so small, or is it just from afar/
and close up am i as large as life/
and from wherever you are/ // /
whoever's listening, i want to thank you for your time/
god knows i'm not the most interesting subject you can find/
to whoever is listening: i can see you, i can feel your touch, but i
can't look into your eyes/ // /
i didn't want to leave behind my memories/
as if the walls could hold them, and without them i'd lose my identity/
what i didn't know is that i learned more than i was taught/
and i am stronger now than i ever would have thought/