"Listen" lyrics

Everybody wants to be right
I don't think we know where we go when we die
Maybe we're talking about the same place
Maybe our words just get in the way
I think I'm okay
Not giving it a name

I think we're missing the point
When we stop listening to someone
Looking at the other side of the same thing
There's something for me to learn
From your perspective
But we can't get there if only one of us
Is extending

How can you say you're looking at the sky
When you built a ceiling
How does the light get in?
Can we take the air out, so the fire dies down?
We can listen to the other side
If we're all wrong, it's all right
We can listen to the other side
We can listen

Everybody wants to be heard
Making room for my voice doesn't take away yours
I wanna meet you in the middle ground
Where we both can lay our weapons down
I wanna understand you
Will you do the same for me, too?

I think we're missing the point
When we stop growing
When we start talking
Like we got it all figured out
We feel so far apart and all defensive
When we could be having really good conversations

How can you say you're looking at the sky
When you built a ceiling
How does the light get in?
Can we take the air out, so the fire dies down?
We can listen to the other side
If we're all wrong, it's all right
We can listen to the other side
We can listen
We can listen
If we're all wrong, it's all right
We can listen to the other side
We can listen
We can listen