Jonathan Thomas Maiocco - You're Not Listening Lyrics

In one-way conversations
All your good intentions don't mean a thing
Your preconceived notions
Are only just opinions and wishful thinking

Oh it feels so rough and
Oh so out of touch 'cause
All your passive aggression and your trick questions
And speculation only mean one thing

It doesn't matter what I say or think or what I believe
I'll go nowhere quickly 'cause
It doesn't matter you're not listening you don't hear a thing
'Cause I can hear it in the subtleties when you speak
And I can feel it when you look at me you don't see
No offense or anything but
It doesn't matter what you say or think
You're not listening so I'm not listening

So thanks for the interventions
I tried my best to listen but I can't think straight
The conflict of interest and
All the first impressions didn't go great

And oh I hate that drama yeah
Oh let's start this over and
Stop all the agendas and euphemisms
And double standards and cut to the chase

It doesn't matter what I say or think or what I believe
I'll go nowhere quickly cause
It doesn't matter you're not listening you don't hear a thing
'Cause I can hear it in the subtleties when you speak
And I can feel it when you look at me you don't see
No offense or anything but
It doesn't matter what you say or think
You're not listening so I'm not listening

In all my years of therapy I learned
To give people common decency when they hurt
So don't try to fix me just listen please
Can't you see don't you see what we need this time?
But every time that I start to think you've learned
You prove me wrong ever so quickly like clockwork
Yeah I can try but I won't succeed
'Cause you think everything that you think is right

So it doesn't matter it doesn't matter no
It doesn't matter what I say or think
It doesn't matter it doesn't matter no
It doesn't matter cause you're not listening
It doesn't matter it doesn't matter no
It doesn't matter what I say or think
It doesn't matter it doesn't matter no
It doesn't matter cause you're not listening

In one-way conversations
All your good intentions don't mean a thing