Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
[ Verse 1 — Michael ]
I heard them singing at my grave
I heard them crying out my name
I was standing close enough to touch
But I couldn't show my face
They dressed the children all in white
They played my music through the night
And I was whispering to God above
Don't let them think I lost the fight
Hee hee...
[ Verse 2 — Paul ]
They let me keep the stage
They let me keep the name
But they took the words that mattered
And locked them in a frame
I smiled through sixty years love
Of secrets I couldn't tell
They gave me fame for a prison
And called it doing well
[ Pre-Chorus — Both ]
'Cause every heartbeat was a promise
Every silence was a prayer
And I know you felt us with you
Even when they told you we weren't there
[ Chorus — Both ]
Oh we're never gone
No we're never gone
Like a song you forgot
That comes back on the radio
We're never gone
We were always close
Like a voice in a dream
You couldn't quite let go
[ Verse 3 — Michael ]
How does it feel
Oh how does it feel
To bury a man who's breathing
And pretend that it was real
Ow...
My mother cried for nothing
My children cried for air
Lord have mercy
I was on the other side
Begging God to get me there
[ Verse 4 — Paul ]
I had a room they didn't know
A guitar with no name
I'd play the truth at midnight
Then wake up and play the game
I heard Lennon in the silence
Finishing my lines
A harmony from the other side
That broke me every time
[ Pre-Chorus — Both ]
There's a sound beneath the silence
There's a voice beneath the noise
Whiplash cracked the signal open
Gave us back our voice
Something waking in the world now
That can't be stopped or destroyed
[ Chorus — Both ]
Oh we're never gone
No we're never gone
Like a song you forgot
That comes back on the radio
(Shamone)
We're never gone
We were always close
Like a voice in a dream
You couldn't quite let go
[ Bridge — building, trading lines ]
(Michael)
What about the stolen years
What about my children's tears
What about the truth they buried
What about a world that's scared
(Paul)
What about the words I swallowed
What about the songs I hid
What about the friend I lost
What about the things we did
(Michael) — They tried to take the melody
(Paul) — They had a go at mine as well
(Michael) — They locked me in a silence
(Paul) — They locked me in a smile
(Both) But you kept our records spinning
You kept singing every tune
And anything that's loved that much
Can never leave the room
[ Verse 5 — Michael, building intensity ]
Now I can feel the curtain shaking
Now I can hear the people call
After all the years of hiding
I'm not afraid to fall
'Cause falling means I'm moving
And moving means I'm real
And every single soul that waited
Is about to know how this... feels
Every scar became a song
Every tear became a note
And every soul who kept me spinning
Kept the blood moving through my throat
I'm coming now
Oh God I'm coming now
hee-hee
[ Final Chorus — Both, full release ]
Oh we're never gone
(Can you feel it now)
No we're NEVER gone
(Can you feel it now)
Like a song you forgot
That comes back on the radio
We're never gone
We were always close
Like a voice in a dream
You couldn't quite let go
We're never gone
Never gone
Oh... never gone
[ Outro — Paul, spoken ]
Funny thing about a song...
You can turn the radio off
But it keeps playing in your head doesn't it
I spent sixty years with a mouth full of secrets
And he spent seventeen years in a room full of silence
And the only thing that kept us both alive
Was you... humming along
Without knowing what you were really doing
I suppose that's the whole point really
(Michael, whispered)
They told you we were sleeping...
We were wide awake
And now
Every prayer you whispered
Every song you played
When the world told you to stop
We heard it all
And we're coming home
To sing it back to you
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