Whispers in the Room

I've seen how sorrow settles hard in people left alone

They build themselves an island from troubles not their own

A name gets dropped,

a silence falls, like smoke that will not move

And they will talk till morning comes,

those whispers in the room

How do you tell the truth from lies?

When those voices fill the air?

Some only speak to hear themselves

Does anybody really care?

But they're the ones who pay the price For every word that

isn't true

So I drink my beer,

step out the door

And leave those whispers in the room

Well I have learned to know the kind

Who need to cut you down

They trade in other people's pain

To pull themselves up from the ground

Some people never face themselves So they turn and face the crowd

They dress their hurt in borrowed words

And wear it thin but loud

But truth can stand the morning light It does not fear the

day And all the noise that filled the dark Will slowly fade

away How do you tell the truth from lies?

When those voices fill the air?

Some only speak to hear themselves So I leave them talking there

But they're the ones who pay the price For every word that

isn't true

So I drink my beer,

step out the door And leave those whispers in the room

Let the midnight sort it out And leave those whispers in the

room