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Chris Wells - Every Single Person

from Songs from the Silence by A Global Collaboration

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"To feel that which is human in the other is to feel the life of the other in a beautiful, multicolored rainbow that moves farther and farther away the more I try to stop, to seize, to capture its expression." Silo - Regarding What Is Human - in Silo Speaks (www.silo.net/collected_works/silo_speaks)

The idea for this song came from walking in NYC and noticing how little I see the people around me, except maybe as impediments. Certainly not as fully human - unique people with hopes and sorrows and challenges. CW

Chris Wells is a songwriter, actor, teacher and Siloist based in New York City.

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Every Single Person

Hup! New York City. Bodies all around
Man, the clueless tourists make me nuts
Pass a girl with watchful eyes, staring at the ground
I guess every life takes heart and it takes guts
Every life takes heart and it takes guts

What if every life could be witnessed?
What if everyone was loved (even a little bit)?
What if everyone could be solid in their soul?
Every single person in the world
Every single person in the world

What about the ones who kill? The ones who hate?
The ones who prey on others from afar?
Sometimes I’d like to see them suffer the same fate
But that’s not so different than the way things are
not so different than the way things are

What if every child was nourished?
What if every home was safe ?
What if every heart was as fierce as it was true?
Every single person in the world
Every single person in the world

Would we still be liars?
Would we still be cruel?
Would we still seek refuge in success?
Bow to the rule?

Some say it’s not the world, evil lies within
And we will all face judgment when we die
I say we should think about the stories we take in
think about who’s telling them and why
think about who’s telling them and why

What if every life could be witnessed?
What if everyone was loved (even a little bit)?
What if everyone could be solid in their soul?
Every single person in the world
Every single person in the world
Every Single Person
Every Single Person


Toda Persona


¡Hup! Nueva York. Cuerpos por todos lados
¡Hombre! los turistas despistados me enloquecen
Paso a una chica con ojos atentos, mirando al suelo
Supongo que toda vida requiere de corazón y agallas
Toda vida requiere de corazón y agallas

¿Y si toda vida pudiera presenciarse?
¿Y si todos fueran amados (aunque fuera un poquito)?
¿Y si todos pudieran ser fuertes de alma?
Toda persona en el mundo
Toda persona en el mundo

¿Y los que matan? ¿Los que odian?
¿Los que se aprovechan de otros desde lejos?
A veces me gustaría verlos correr la misma suerte
Pero eso no es tan diferente de cómo son las cosas
no tan diferente de cómo son las cosas

¿Y si todo niño fuera alimentado?
¿Y si todo hogar fuera seguro?
¿Y si cada corazón fuera tan feroz como sincero?
Toda persona en el mundo
Toda persona en el mundo

¿Seguiríamos siendo mentirosos?
¿Seguiríamos siendo crueles?
¿Seguiríamos buscando refugio en el éxito?
¿Inclinándonos ante la regla?

Algunos dicen que no es el mundo, el mal yace dentro
Y que todos seremos enjuiciados cuando muramos
Yo digo que debiéramos pensar en las historias que aceptamos
pensar en quién las cuenta y por qué
pensar en quién las cuenta y por qué

¿Y si pudiera presenciarse cada vida?
¿Y si todos fueran amados (aunque fuera un poquito)?
¿Y si todos pudieran ser fuertes de alma?
Toda persona en el mundo
Toda persona en el mundo

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from Songs from the Silence, released December 1, 2020
Music & Lyrics: Chris Wells
Vocal, Guitar and Logic Pro X: Chris Wells
Vocal Harmony: Roxanne Wells

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Global Collaboration New York, New York

A collaboration between songwriters on five continents inspired by the projects and teachings of Silo (Mario Rodriguez Cobos). Organized by Mark Lesseraux & Chris Wells. Thanks to Jeremiah Hosea, Danilo "Kloro" Malele, Suresh Mehta, Mara Repa, Ernesto & Leo Rodriguez, Wanaco 32, Rafael Edwards, Patricia Rios, Trudi Richards, Alan Camlet, and Nicole Myers. ... more

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