[G]LISTEN

Child, please hear me out
Won't you listen before you begin to pout?

Won't you get it through your head
That it makes no sense to die before you're dead

Won't you get it into your mind
That only fools cannot see but aren't blind

Won't you get it through your brain
That just because something's different doesn't make it insane

Won't you get it into your heart
That the thought of failing shouldn't make you too scared to start

Won't you get it through your soul
That someday the fire will fizzle out and leave nothing but coal

Won't you get it into your skull
That just because you raise up doesn't mean that you have to fall

Child won't you realize
That you have the potential to be wise?

Won't you get in through your head
That you don't have to be hanging on by a thread

Won't you get it into your mind
That just because some aren't doesn't mean that you can't be kind

Won't you get it through your brain
That you don't have to be the reason others feel pain

Won't you get it into your heart
That you and your morals don't have to always part

Won't you get it through your soul
That you can have some self control

Won't you get it into your skull
That when someone needs help you can answer their call

Child . . . Won't you listen?
In a world of dark you have the means to glisten

Won't you try and spread that light?
Stop this tomfoolery and put up a fight?

Because everyone has the potential to be wise
They just need a little help to realize

They just need a little bit of help from you
To see that they can glisten too