Loud and Clear

And when you left you said
It’s ‘cause I never listened
At least that's what I think you said
But that’s not really accurate now is it?
And if it is, does it even make a difference?
If I don’t listen all the time
Then I might miss it
It’s more than just a habit
And I don’t get how you
Just casually dismiss it
And separate signal from the static

Sometimes I wish that I could
Stop you from talking
Sometimes I wish that everyone
Would just shut up but when it comes down
To keeping me distracted
Too much is never enough
Look at us now, aren’t we fabulously clever?
Don’t we all just have such
Witty things to say? Have you noticed how it
All just blends together and melts away?

I turn my stereo on so I don’t have to hear
I turn the volume way up
Until it hurts my ears
But it sounds exactly as I feared
The silence is loud and clear