Nobody Listen

Silent Screams and Lost Love: Lifehouse's 'Nobody Listen' Unveiled
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Lyrics

Future lives in the minds

Reference to the anticipation of the future residing in our thoughts.

While we fall from behind

Describes a backward fall or regression while facing challenges.

Missing light from the trees

Noticing a lack of brightness or positivity represented by the missing light in the trees.

Missing you, look at me

Expressing a sense of longing and the impact of someone's absence.

From afar to a sound

Transition from observing from a distance to responding to a sound.

From a fear we expel

Facing and overcoming fears that are expelled.

Give it life

Encouraging the act of giving life to something.

Make it breathe

Metaphorically making something come alive, possibly referring to relationships or ideas.

Spinning wheels

Metaphor of spinning wheels symbolizing repetitive patterns or actions.

Into words we believe

Transforming experiences into beliefs expressed through words.


Everybody talk but nobody listen,

Highlighting the prevalence of talking without genuine listening.

Nobody listen, nobody listen

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Everybody talk but nobody listen,

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Nobody listen, nobody listen

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Everybody talk but nobody listen,

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Nobody listen, nobody listen

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Oh oh oh

(Repeating "Oh oh oh" - likely expressing a sense of frustration or despair)


Hear the thunder and rain

Sensory description of thunder and rain, possibly reflecting emotional turmoil.

Feel our heart fill with pain

Emotional pain filling the heart.

Travel through time and space

Contemplation of the vastness of time and space.

Where did love lose it's place?

Pondering the displacement or loss of love in the world.

Can we find who we are

Seeking identity and purpose by looking at a star, possibly metaphorical.

If we stare at a star?

Questioning the possibility of self-discovery through stargazing.

And the silence, it screams

Emphasizing the powerful impact of silence, suggesting it reveals hidden truths.

There is nothing that is as it seems

Expressing skepticism about the true nature of things.


Everybody talk but nobody listen,

Reiteration of the theme: communication without genuine listening.

Nobody listen, nobody listen

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Everybody talk but nobody listen,

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Nobody listen, nobody listen

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Everybody talk but nobody listen,

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Nobody listen, nobody listen

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Oh oh oh

Repeating "Oh oh oh" - continued frustration or emotional intensity.

Oh oh oh

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Can we find who we are

Reiteration of the quest for self-discovery through staring at a star.

If we stare at a star?

Rephrasing the question of finding oneself through celestial contemplation.

And the silence it screams

Reiterating the profound impact of silence in revealing the true nature of things.

There is nothing that is at it seems

Stating that reality may differ from appearances.


Everybody talk but nobody listen,

Repeating the theme of communication lacking genuine listening, possibly conveying frustration.

Nobody listen, nobody listen

-

Everybody talk but nobody listen,

-

Nobody listen, nobody listen

-

Everybody talk but nobody listen,

-

Nobody listen, nobody listen

-

Oh oh oh

-

Oh oh oh

-

Oh oh oh

Final repetition of "Oh oh oh," possibly emphasizing the persisting frustration or emotional state.

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