I finally hear it

Fifteen with a Walkman and a

head full of noise Couldn't play

a chord but I could hear

the whole thing Every melody I

ever had just died in my

throat Nobody wants a singer who

can't sing So I gave it

up, I got a job

I told myself the songs were

gone

But it was always in there

It was always in there Every

hook I hummed on a night

shift Every drum I hit on

the wheel

It was always in there It

was always in there

And now I hear it Now

I finally hear it

Two in the morning with a

cigarette down to nothing Typed out

a feeling I've been holding since

'09 Hit the key and the

room went quiet Then the first

note came in and I cried

Twenty years with the volume down

Twenty years and it's finally loud

But it was always in there

It was always in there Every

hook I hummed on a night

shift Every drum I hit on

the wheel

It was always in there

It was always in there And

now I hear it

Now I finally hear it

Mom, you should've heard this

Dad, it's the one from the

car

Every version of me that gave

up too early This is what

you were carrying,

this is who you are

But it was always in there

It was always in there Every

hook I hummed on a night

shift Every drum I hit on

the wheel

It was always in there

It was always in there

And now I hear it

Now the whole world hear it

It was always in there

Now I finally hear it