Still Learning How To Listen
This song captures a raw, honest conversation between my wife and me as our marriage faces pressure from every angle. It reflects how doubt and fear try to creep in and tear us apart, and how faith becomes the line that holds when everything else feels fragile. It’s about standing together, choosing God, and refusing to let the enemy win inside our home.
Verse 1
I’ve been starin’ at the same four walls,
Tryin’ to figure out where we went wrong.
You’re right here, but you feel so gone,
Like I’m talkin’ and the sound won’t land.
We got kids asleep down the hall tonight,
A life we built, but it don’t feel right.
I don’t need perfection, I just need to know
That I’m still the one you chose.
Pre-Chorus
When you said you’d stay ‘cause you don’t quit,
It broke my heart more than you think it did.
Chorus
We ain’t keepin’ score, we ain’t drawin’ lines,
We’re just two hearts hurtin’ at the same damn time.
You feel unseen, I feel unheard,
We’re speakin’ pain, not fightin’ words.
Ain’t sayin’ goodbye, ain’t sayin’ we’re done,
We’re still here, just still learnin’ how to listen, love.
Verse 2
I saw this road before it showed its face,
Tried to talk, but I learned my place.
Every time I spoke, it turned to war,
So I buried parts of myself to keep the door.
I stepped back just to keep the peace,
Watched my voice slowly leave me.
I wasn’t quittin’, I was worn down,
Tryin’ not to burn the whole thing down.
Pre-Chorus
I didn’t stop caring, I stopped fightin’,
Didn’t feel heard no matter how hard I tried.
Chorus
We ain’t keepin’ score, we ain’t drawin’ lines,
We’re just two hearts hurtin’ at the same damn time.
You feel alone, I feel pushed aside,
Both of us just tryin’ to survive.
Ain’t sayin’ goodbye, ain’t sayin’ we’re through,
We’re still here, just still learnin’ how to listen, too.
Bridge
I don’t wanna argue ‘bout the past anymore
But I can’t ignore what still hurts at the core
I just want us happy, I want us whole
I just need you to trust what I’m tryin’ to protect
Maybe love ain’t loud, maybe love’s this hard
When two wounded hearts forget they’re on the same side
Chorus
We ain’t enemies, we ain’t wrong or right,
We’re just tired souls learnin’ how to fight for us right.
If love’s a language, we’re still mispronounced,
But we’re still tryin’, we ain’t walkin’ out.
Hands still here, hearts still true,
We ain’t broken—just still learnin’ how to listen, love, to you.
Outro
No winners, no losers, no last word said,
Just a man and a woman still choosin’ each other instead.more