Via the Messenger - Voices Lyrics

I opened my eyes and had the deepest dream
I was alive but living my life on the TV screen
I was surrounded by
All of these thoughts that I
Picked up from people passing
As they were walking by
Why don't he have a job
Why ain't he working
Ain't he too old to be chasing dreams
Why he so thirsty
Shouldn't he have a place of his own
Why he still drifting
I think he still has a temper too
I think you should mind your business
I was just fine, minding my own
You took me out of my zone
I wasn't looking for fans
I was just sharing my song
I wasn't asking for critics
I tend to do what I'm feeling
Love it or leave it
I can't pretend to be somebody different
Man, what happened to Via
Somebody said he been tripping
Thought he was all about love
Now he be all in his feelings
I had the strangest dream
They've been putting mud on my name
Maybe it's my insecurity
Maybe they're one and the same
I've been hearing voices
Got me so confused
Don't know if it's me
Don't know if it's you
Trying to pull me down
I try to tune 'em out
They just turn up louder
That's what voices do, so I
Quiet my mind
Hoping for something that's real
Then I hear something inside
Focus on what I can feel
Voices are calling my name
Hoping to lead me astray
Then I feel something inside
Focus on feeling my way
Voices are calling my name
Hoping to lead me astray
Then I feel something inside
Focus on feeling my way
I opened my eyes and had the weirdest dream
I was a slave to things that didn't appeal to me
I went and found a job
Now I'll be working
My life is so watered down
But why I'm so thirsty, now
I got a place of my own
Went out and bought me a home
But now I'm stuck in one place
Now I'm stuck paying a loan
I didn't ask for this
It's not what I wanted at all
Social norms be tripping
I gotta get up from my fall
Learn to walk, I've been crawling too long
Thought if I followed along I was right
But we got it so wrong
Especially when art is involved
Each individual becomes essential
To answer your heart when it calls
Anything else is pretending
Hang up the phone and don't listen
I've been hearing voices
Got me so confused
Don't know if it's me
Don't know if it's you
Trying to pull me down
I try to tune 'em out
They just turn up louder
That's what voices do, so I
Quiet my mind
Hoping for something that's real
Then I hear something inside
Focus on what I can feel
Voices are calling my name
Hoping to lead me astray
Then I feel something inside
Focus on feeling my way
Voices are calling my name
Hoping to lead me astray
Then I feel something inside
Focus on feeling my way