Pavement Talking

Lyrics

[Intro] Listen close to the pavement talking Hear the wind name every loss [Verse 1] Late neon bleeding into puddles of doubt Feet heavy with promises that never came home Little rooms hold the stories they don't shout Dunia spins cheap coins where hope has grown old [Verse 2] Mothers tuck sorrow under children's thin sheets Men count empty hours as if they were gold I know that look when the hard road repeats And every goodbye gets quieter when told [Pre-Chorus] Every street is teaching the same sad rhyme Every face wears the grammar of time [Chorus] Listen, listen Don't look away Listen, listen It still has a name Listen, listen Under the rain We learn to carry What won't stay [Verse 3] I saw a boy with a kite made of string and scraps Running like a prayer through the market dust He smiled at nothing, then he smiled right back Like he knew hope can survive on trust [Pre-Chorus] Every street is teaching the same sad rhyme Every face wears the grammar of time [Chorus] Listen, listen Don't look away Listen, listen It still has a name Listen, listen Under the rain We learn to carry What won't stay [Bridge] And if the night keeps taking its share We'll leave a lamp in the window there For the ones still walking through For the ones who need a view [Final Chorus] Listen, listen Don't look away Listen, listen It still has a name Listen, listen Under the rain We learn to carry What won't stay