[Verse 1] I packed my signs and I folded my hand I watched the shadow fall over the land I stood on the corner and shouted the truth But the wind just swallowed the fire of youth The ballot is cast and the lever is pulled But the sheep are still sleeping and thoroughly fooled [Chorus] Nobody is listening, nobody cares We are shouting our lungs out to empty out chairs The engine is running, the track is all laid And the toll on the highway has already been paid Why do we bother to stand in the rain When nobody is listening to the sound of the pain [Verse 2] I looked at the capital shining so bright A castle of marble that swallows the night They do not need to silence the words that we say They just turn up the static and wash us away It is a beautiful system, perfectly cold Where the young are forgotten and the future is sold [Chorus] Nobody is listening, nobody cares We are shouting our lungs out to empty out chairs The engine is running, the track is all laid And the toll on the highway has already been paid Why do we bother to stand in the rain When nobody is listening to the sound of the pain [Bridge] I am dropping the banner, I am walking away There is nothing left for a nobody to say Just a ghost in the machine... [Outro] Nobody is listening. Nobody is there. Nobody... I hear you. © 2026 The Shady River Bard. All rights reserved.
