2025 Competition Entry:

Listening by Jeremy down

Genre

Pop

Artist

Website

Co-writer(s)

no

Performer(s)

I played all instruments, and recorded and mixed myself on GarageBand

Description

The story is about restoring support for the stories and lives of marginalized people, women, indigenous culture, and the connection between those stories of wisdom and the need for healing modern mental health issues….to me ….it’s a very obvious connection

Bio

I have been a practicing visual and musical artist for over 35 years, 7 albums of my music released and about 50 shows of my visual work. I am a seeker of wisdom…and All my output is about connection to the deeper parts of ourselves, and the world around us.

Lyrics

Listen to the story ‘bout the one who told the people what the people didn’t want to hear
‘bout how living your life in the hands of nature builds peace of mind thats real
Well they told her she was wrong, threw away her songs, tried to keep her quiet for years,
and years, and years, and years
And If you stayed quiet for years and I found you, I’d soak up all the river of tears around you,
Tell me all your stories I’m dying to hear you
I’m listening, listening, listening
Oooh

Living right now its a difficult time with the situation so unclear
Major events got your shoulders all tense lay awake with a head full of fear
Hey hey, I can tell you, pay a little less mind to the troubles around you
Spend a little more time connecting to ground and just breathe in, breathe out,
just keep breathing

Oooooh, yeahhhs
And if you stayed quiet for years and I found you,
Crumble all the towers of fear around, I’d get you a microphone, and a million ears
and say
Tell us all your stories I’m dying to hear you I’m listening, I’m listening, listening
We can hear you, and its crystalline, the story’s not lost it just went missing
Wisdom from another time its a blessing so thank you, for staying true, cuz we need you

Ooh

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