The Quiet Part Out Loud

[Spoken Intro] [Train Ambience] [Vinyl Crackle] [Dusty Drums] [Baritone Vocal] [Spoken Word] I never knew how to say this, So I'm just going to say it, The quiet part out loud, Finally letting it have its own moment, [Refrain] [Spoken Word] Do you ever dream of a better tomorrow, But the waiting feels like borrowing time? [Verse 1] [Spoken Word] Someone, Right now in this very moment, Is in a hospital waiting for their child to be born, Someone, Right now, Is in a crowded retirement home, Someone, Right now, [Violin Stutter] Is on a bridge, and the river is the only thing listening, [Verse 2] [Spoken Word] Time changes a man, I have done my best to not let it break me, There are days when this troubled life has its grip over me, Then I realize, I am in control of my joy, I can choose to let my sorrow be my freedom… or my prison, No one robs me of it, Not even me, [Refrain] [Spoken Word] Do you ever dream of a better tomorrow, But the waiting feels like borrowing time? [Verse 3] [Spoken Word] Is there a god with us at this hour, And does this life have a purpose? Or are we just samples played until newer ones take our place? No matter how many tears I cry, I cannot bring back the ones that have come and gone, [Violin Stutter] I cannot rewind the clock, And spend those moments a little differently, Life seems so long, Until you realize you could go to sleep and wake no more, [Instrumental Break] [Chopped Violin] [Dusty Drums] [Vinyl Crackle] [Refrain] [Spoken Word] Do you ever dream of a better tomorrow, But the waiting feels like borrowing time? [Pre-Outro] [Spoken Word] But I have hope, Hope that a better tomorrow comes for you, And the generations after, [Sung Prayer] [Neo-Soul] [Baritone Vocal] [Sung] [Rhodes] [Warm Bass] Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my Soul to keep, If I should die before I 'wake, I pray the Lord my Soul to take, [Outro] [Baritone Vocal] [Spoken Word] [Rhodes] [Chopped Violin] If I leave one thing behind, Let it be this, [Whisper] [Close, Dry Mic] That's the quiet part out loud, [Vinyl Crackle Fade]