Chasing Whispers
[Intro]
[Verse]
I spent ten years building castles
On borrowed strips of sand
Pouring pieces of my soul
Into somebody else's land
Every post another footprint
Every thought another stone
Till one day the tide rolled in
And I found myself alone
[Bridge]
But the river keeps on flowing
Whether people understand
And the seed don't need permission
To become the tree it planned
[Chorus]
I was looking for an audience
I was looking for a sign
I was looking for somebody
To say this dream was mine
But the road kept on unfolding
Like a map I couldn't read
And everything I thought I'd lost
Became everything I need
[Verse]
People said I was a dreamer
Living somewhere in the clouds
Writing books nobody wanted
Speaking softly in the crowds
But the words kept gathering quietly
Like rain upon the ground
And every year another root
Was reaching further down
[Bridge]
There are seasons for the planting
There are seasons for the grain
Some lessons only blossom
After years of wind and rain
[Chorus]
I was looking for an audience
I was looking for a sign
I was looking for somebody
To say this dream was mine
But the road kept on unfolding
Like a map I couldn't read
And everything I thought I'd lost
Became everything I need
[Interlude]
[Verse]
Now the lion's slowly waking
From a sleep that felt so long
And the things I used to whisper
Are becoming living songs
The books are finding readers
The music's finding air
And the things that once felt hidden
Are appearing everywhere
[Outro]
I thought I was building something
For a world that couldn't see
But the thing that I was building
Was quietly building me
And the road that looked so lonely
Was the road I had to walk'
Cause some truths take half a lifetime
Before they learn to talk
Copyright Taun A. Richards 2026