LISTEN
BEYONCÉ
SONGWRITERS: ANNE PREVEN; BEYONCÉ
KNOWLES; HENRY KRIEGER & SCOTT CUTLER
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: B’DAY
LABEL: SONY MUSIC
GENRE: R&b
YEAR: 2006
"Listen" é uma canção da cantora
norte-americana de R&B,
Beyoncé Knowles. Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Anne
Preven e Beyoncé Knowles escreveram a canção, que foi produzida por The Underdogs
para a trilha sonora do filme de 2006, Dreamgirls, em que a personagem de Knowles, Deena Jones,
canta a canção para afirmar a independência sobre seu marido controlador.
"Listen" é uma das quatro novas composições escritas para o filme.
Columbia Records lançou "Listen" como o
primeiro single do álbum de trilha sonora, Dreamgirls: Music from the
Motion Picture, em 5 de dezembro de 2006. Além disso,
também apareceu como uma faixa escondida em edições internacionais, e na edição
de luxo do segundo álbum solo de Knowles, B'Day. A versão
em espanhol da canção, "Oye", foi lançado no
EP, Irreemplazable, e na edição de luxo espanhol de B'Day.
Listen
to the song here in my heart
A melody I start but can't complete
Listen, to the sound from deep within
It's only beginning
To find release
Oh, the time has come
For my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside and turned
Into your own
All cause you won't
Listen
[Chorus:]
Listen, I am alone at a crossroads
I'm not at home, in my own home
And I've tried and tried
To say what's on my mind
You should have known
Oh, now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you gave to me
But now I gotta find my own
You should have listened
There is someone here inside
Someone I'd thought had died
So long ago
Oh, I'm screaming out, and my dreams will be heard
They will not be pushed aside or worse
Into your own
All cause you won't
Listen
[Chorus:]
Listen, I am alone at a crossroads
I'm not at home, in my own home
And I've tried and tried
To say what's on my mind
You should have known
Oh, now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you gave to me
But now I gotta find my own
I don't know where I belong
But I'll be moving on
If you don't
If you won't
Listen to the song here in my heart
A melody I start
But I will complete
Oh, now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what you've made of me
I followed the voice you think you gave to me
But now I gotta find my own
My own