"Does The World Say?" by Kyle Pederson

Music & Lyrics by Kyle Pederson
performed by MN All State SSAA Choir 2021/2022
video animation by Tess Peckman
Published by Walton Music
Score available at https://www.jwpepper.com/Does-the-Wor...

Lyrics:

Does the world say
that you don't look the right way?
Does the world say
that you're just not enough?

Does the world say
that this isn’t the right spot?
When it wants you there but not here
and tells you all the things you are not.

I've been there, too.
It's hard to shut my ears to the noise.
I don't stand a chance if it's me in this world all alone.
The chatter is deafening, too overwhelming,
hard to find my way home.
So take my hand...don’t let go.

Does the world say
that you don’t think the right things?
Does the world say
that you’re not worth the time?

Does the world laugh
when you fall, when you cry?
Does it turn the other way
every time you walk by?

I'm growing, learning,
loving, becoming.

So take my hand...don’t let go.