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Country Side is produced by and with lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas, and with music licensed for use exclusively to Paul Robert Thomas
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Things I Needed You To Hear Me Sayis a haunting and emotional ballad about a deeply introspective journey through loneliness, regret, aging, and the longing to be heard. The singer walks a winding road of memory and hardship, blending physical struggle with emotional wounds. Imagery like “pockets full of crumbs,” “skeletons on the hill,” and “a coin in my empty hat” evokes poverty, neglect, and symbolic invisibility.
The song explores:
– A sense of abandonment – by loved ones, by society, even by the self.
– Reflection on lost love and youth, with powerful lines like “You looked away when we kissed” and “I was left all alone to dream.”
– Spiritual searching, as the narrator reaches out to strangers, fate, and unseen forces for guidance and comfort.
Ultimately, it’s a plea—not just for connection, but for recognition. The final lines express a deep ache: not to change the past, but simply to have been heard. This is a raw, poetic, and beautifully melancholic song that reads like a life etched in pain, honesty, and quiet dignity.
Things I Needed You To Hear Me Say lyrics
The river is flowing through my veins
My toes are walking but are numb
My hunger’s driving me insane
My pockets are full of crumbs
I struggle about to keep still
As the wind it hurls around
Skeleton’s hanging on the hill
Keeping watch over the town
For why did I come to this place
People they come here to die
Come drive the shadows from my face
And the echoes ringing in my eyes
I’m with you but I’m alone
You were never here to be missed
You know I never like to moan
But you looked away when we kissed
So far away when I was young
The air was crisp it was clean
All tasted fresh on my tongue
And I was left all alone to dream
Come stranger tell me if you can
Can it be that I’ve lost the way
Can you please take hold of my hand
So I won’t once again stray
As on the stone floor I sat
Next to the old wishing well
You threw a coin in my empty hat
It was me but you couldn’t tell
When they opened up the gate
Threw me out into the world
I didn’t know what would be my fate
Just like every other boy and girl
My back it aches and it creaks
My words are slurred and indistinct
My breath is shallow and is weak
How much further must I sink
The road it twisted and it turned
The lovers they came and they went
My heart broken how it burned
The smoke of memories heaven sent
My back is bent against the wind
My crooked fingers are so cold
Why me I tried never to sin
I just needed someone to hold
I always tried to be me
I wish there was some other way
I just wish that you could see
And hear the things I needed to say
Paul Robert Thomas
PRS Tunecode 712463DW
ISWC T-331.531.288-6
from COUNTRY SIDE, released March 31, 2025
Produced by and with lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas, and with music
licensed for use exclusively to Paul Robert Thomas
all rights reserved
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