There’s a sound

This song is difficult to describe, but I guess it lists the feelings and sensations you get when you end up spending too much of your life alone, for whatever reason. If this song moves you, you will already know the feeling; if it does not, just enjoy it. 

There’s a sound that you hear when you’re all alone

When there’s nobody there but you

Is it laughter you hear from another room

Or your name softly echoing through

Like the crash of a wave or the roar of the tide

Like the sigh that remains when you’ve said your goodbye

It’s the beat of your heart in the dead of night

It’s the sound of life

There’s a sound that you hear when you’re on the run

When you’re turning your back to it all

It’s a slam of a door or a distant gun

Or some dark and mysterious call

It’s a creak on the stair in the fading light

It’s the sound of a promise being broken in the night

It’s a howl of a wolf it’s the call of the wild

It’s the sound of life

There’s a sound that you hear when you’re almost home

When you’ve come to the end of the road

 It’s a sigh of relief and a quiet moan

As you lay down your weary load

It’s a bleat of a lamb it’s a cry of a child

It’s the bell that tolls at the end of time

It’s a wish it’s a prayer it’s a lullaby

It’s the sound of life

                                        Chris Flegg  2007