Don’t let them tell you what it’s all about

I’m right beside you, a dreamer you can do without

I know you well, but we’ve never met

Always the same, always the safe bet.



I know what’s happening, I’ve seen it before

Uninvited, I’ll be coming to your back door

Lock all your windows, hide under your bed

I hear you breathing, I know you’re there



You can turn off the light

You can turn off your mind

You can shut me out



But I’ll still be here

I'll still be here

You can turn me off and try to shut me down

But I’ll still be here



You want to see things all the same

Why don’t you see things in color for a change

I’m waiting and listening, trying to walk in your shoes

They walk a straight line, such a straight line



I’ll drop my fences, if you drop your guard

Meet me on the front porch stop hiding in your backyard

Unlock your windows, come out from the bed

Your tv's glowing, I know you're there



You can turn it around

Til you like how it sounds

You can turn me off



But I’ll still be here

I’ll still be here

You can turn me down but I'll just shout it out,

I’ll still be here



Who did away with empathy

How do you love without sympathy

And who will be the one that still believes



It's the powerless who seem to fall

Between the cracks of those who have it all

And who's gonna be the one to speak for me



I’ll still be here

I’ll still be here

(repeats with Martie and Emily harmonies)



I'll still be here

When you like it or not

Oh I’ll be here

(repeats with Martie and Emily harmonies)



Even when you're not

When you think I forgot



Come out in your backyard Monday

Let's meet on your front porch Friday



I’ll still be here

(repeats to fade out)