anybody listening

• 1990 empire albümünden queensryche ballad'ı. 1992 yılında single olarak da yayınlanmıştır ve billboard hot mainstream rock listesinde 16.lığa kadar yükselmiştir. şarkının arkasında her vurucu queensryche şarkısında olduğu gibi chris degarmo ve geoff tate var. herhalde şarkının tek şanssızlığı silent lucidity'yle aynı albümde yer alması ve onun gölgesinde kalması, yoksa bu şarkı da grammy'ye aday olur çok canlar yakardı.
  
  şarkının sonundaki dalga seslerini dinlerken birden "pat" diye bi gürültü çıkıyor ya işte bence orada dinleyiciyi transtan çıkarmaya amaçlamışlar, hipnoz bitince elini şaklatıp uyan diyen doktor misali.
  
  sözlerini de verelim de başucu eseri kazanalım ayak üstü.
  
  you and ı
  long to live like the wind upon the water.
  ıf we close our eyes, we'll maybe realize
  there's more to life than what we have known.
  and ı can't believe ı've spent so long
  living lies ı knew were wrong inside,
  ı've just begun to see the light.
  
  long ago there was a dream,
  had to make a choice or two.
  leaving all ı loved behind,
  for what nobody knew.
  stepped out on the stage, alive
  under lights and judging eyes.
  now the applause has died and ı
  can dream again...
  
  ıs there anybody listening?
  ıs there anyone that sees what's going on?
  read between the lines,
  criticize the words they're selling.
  think for yourself and feel the walls
  become sand beneath your feet
  
  feel the breeze?
  time's so near you can almost taste the freedom.
  there's a warm wind from the south.
  hoist the sail and we'll be gone,
  by morning this will all seem like a dream.
  and if ı don't return to sing the song,
  maybe just as well.
  ı've seen the news and there's
  not much ı can do...alone
  
  ıs there anybody listening?
  ıs there anyone who smiles without a mask?
  what's behind the words--images
  they know will please us?
  ı'll take what's real. bring up the lights.
  
  ıs there anybody listening?
  ıs there anyone that sees what's going on?
  read between the lines,
  criticize the words they're selling.
  think for yourself and feel the walls...
  become sand beneath your feet.