MUSIC FOR SALE

Some people drink to blur the lines
Some disappear in smoke
Some build a better looking life
So no one sees they broke

I don’t run from what is real
I sit inside the noise
I write until the quiet comes
And something true has voice



We learned to soften every edge
To make the daylight kind
But every layer we put on
Is distance from the mind



Why are we afraid of the truth
When truth is all we are
Why do we hide behind a face
Then wonder why it’s hard

We say yes while meaning no
Smile while feeling pain
Is there a way to live a life
Where all three stay the same



We dress ourselves in signals
So nobody looks in
We talk around the meaning
Instead of what has been

Language was a bridge we built
To reach from me to you
But somewhere in its safety
We learned to hide there too


We mastered conversation
And lost what words were for
Connection turned to performance
And honesty got ignored



Why are we afraid of the truth
When truth is all we share
Why do we guard our hearts so tight
Then ask why no one’s there

We speak love and carry fear
Stand close but stay unknown
Is there a way back to a world
Where saying is being shown



Maybe truth was never cruel
Only what it reveals
And maybe we would heal much faster
If we just said what we feel



We’re not afraid of each other
We’re afraid to be seen
But a world that helps, not harms
Needs nothing in between

So say it clear, say it plain
Let the silence end
Communication heals the world
When it doesn’t pretend



No mask.
No signal.
Just human.