Listen Back

Song Listen Back
Artist 36 Questions
Artist Jonathan Groff
Album 36 Questions: Songs from Act 3

Lyrics

[00:03.924] The whole point of me recording right now,
[00:08.966] is to hold myself accountable
[00:10.825] for the feelings I still feel
[00:14.813] I thought it was over, thought I was moving forward
[00:19.862] But I guess that’s why I have this
[00:21.984] to show me what’s real
[00:25.970] The perils of keeping your ex-wife’s phone in your possession
[00:31.557] You’re only really saying you’ve put the past to rest
[00:36.868] It is all too easy to feed your old obsession
[00:42.182] You want to prove you’ve moved on?
[00:43.778] Let’s put it to the test
[00:45.897] So I turned on my speakers,
[00:49.357] plugged 'em into the jack
[00:53.082] But I wasn’t prepared
[00:56.264] for how it’d feel to listen back
[00:59.451] It was a painful little listen back
[01:03.436] I had a little listen back
[01:06.647] My first and last listen back
[01:11.160] And I heard you cry
[01:15.146] And I heard three minutes of unfiltered honesty
[01:20.461] I realized I still love you
[01:36.178] Tonight I heard three distant voices
[01:41.699] A trio of myself saying goodbye
[01:47.323] I turned over in bed, torn apart by past choices
[01:52.888] Time to check the record, the record wouldn’t lie
[01:56.112] So I slipped out of bed,
[01:59.834] made myself a small snack
[02:03.571] And I put on my headphones,
[02:06.490] and had another listen back
[02:09.667] It was a painful little listen back
[02:13.926] I had a little listen back
[02:17.105] That was my last listen back
[02:21.893] And I heard us fight
[02:25.619] But I was a coward, and I ran away again
[02:30.716] That wasn’t right
[02:33.099] And I can’t afford to be a coward anymore
[02:50.429] Another part of adulting is admitting when you’re wrong
[02:55.749] And doing the hard thing you need to do for yourself
[03:01.066] For eight years I tried to tell myself “stay strong”
[03:06.117] As the guilt of what I’d done destroyed my mental health
[03:12.229] We all know what I’m holding
[03:14.606] And what I just completed
[03:17.812] Though hearing my own voice has never felt this strange
[03:23.109] You were right to leave the record, you were right to
[03:25.495] give me distance
[03:28.986] Something deep inside of me is ready now to change
[03:32.181] This time when i listened
[03:35.645] I only made it through half
[03:39.382] Because with 16 answers of mine missing
[03:42.306] I can’t just listen back
[03:46.547] It’s not enough to listen back
[03:49.736] I can’t just listen back
[03:54.516] I have to do more than listen back
[04:01.224] It’s not enough to listen back
[04:04.970] I can’t just listen back
[04:09.220] I have to do more than listen back

Pinyin

[00:03.924] The whole point of me recording right now,
[00:08.966] is to hold myself accountable
[00:10.825] for the feelings I still feel
[00:14.813] I thought it was over, thought I was moving forward
[00:19.862] But I guess that' s why I have this
[00:21.984] to show me what' s real
[00:25.970] The perils of keeping your ex-wife' s phone in your possession
[00:31.557] You' re only really saying you' ve put the past to rest
[00:36.868] It is all too easy to feed your old obsession
[00:42.182] You want to prove you' ve moved on?
[00:43.778] Let' s put it to the test
[00:45.897] So I turned on my speakers,
[00:49.357] plugged ' em into the jack
[00:53.082] But I wasn' t prepared
[00:56.264] for how it' d feel to listen back
[00:59.451] It was a painful little listen back
[01:03.436] I had a little listen back
[01:06.647] My first and last listen back
[01:11.160] And I heard you cry
[01:15.146] And I heard three minutes of unfiltered honesty
[01:20.461] I realized I still love you
[01:36.178] Tonight I heard three distant voices
[01:41.699] A trio of myself saying goodbye
[01:47.323] I turned over in bed, torn apart by past choices
[01:52.888] Time to check the record, the record wouldn' t lie
[01:56.112] So I slipped out of bed,
[01:59.834] made myself a small snack
[02:03.571] And I put on my headphones,
[02:06.490] and had another listen back
[02:09.667] It was a painful little listen back
[02:13.926] I had a little listen back
[02:17.105] That was my last listen back
[02:21.893] And I heard us fight
[02:25.619] But I was a coward, and I ran away again
[02:30.716] That wasn' t right
[02:33.099] And I can' t afford to be a coward anymore
[02:50.429] Another part of adulting is admitting when you' re wrong
[02:55.749] And doing the hard thing you need to do for yourself
[03:01.066] For eight years I tried to tell myself " stay strong"
[03:06.117] As the guilt of what I' d done destroyed my mental health
[03:12.229] We all know what I' m holding
[03:14.606] And what I just completed
[03:17.812] Though hearing my own voice has never felt this strange
[03:23.109] You were right to leave the record, you were right to
[03:25.495] give me distance
[03:28.986] Something deep inside of me is ready now to change
[03:32.181] This time when i listened
[03:35.645] I only made it through half
[03:39.382] Because with 16 answers of mine missing
[03:42.306] I can' t just listen back
[03:46.547] It' s not enough to listen back
[03:49.736] I can' t just listen back
[03:54.516] I have to do more than listen back
[04:01.224] It' s not enough to listen back
[04:04.970] I can' t just listen back
[04:09.220] I have to do more than listen back