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Who Needs Tears

Metadata

title

Who Needs Tears

meaning

Childhood ending: who needs tears when you can be blind; faking that life's not rough while refusing to repeat what's been done.

year

2006

release

Just A Friend

releaseType

EP

artist

Luke Walton

credits

Words and music by Luke Walton. Also on Goodbye/Hello (2010).

bandcamp

https://lukewaltonband.bandcamp.com/track/who-needs-tears

themes

Luke Walton
Just A Friend
youth
2006

draft

false

Lyrics

The clouds speak, but we don't hear,
We've forgotten how.
Worlds seem to disappear,
Childhood ends now.

I'm finally losing my mind,
Finally one of them.
Who needs tears,
When you can be blind?

The world was a happy place,
Filled with honey love.
But now I have to put on a face,
And fake that life's not rough.

I'm finally losing my mind,
Finally one of them.
Who needs tears,
When you can be blind?

They think we're acting dumb,
At least we're expressing something.
I don't wanna do what's been done.

I've had the realization,

I'm finally losing my mind,
Finally one of them.
Who needs tears,
When you can be blind?
Who needs tears,
When you can be blind?

Content

Track five on Just A Friend (2006). Also track nine on Goodbye/Hello (2010). Lyrics per archived lukewaltonband.com, same text on both releases.

Childhood ends now, the clouds still speak but you've forgotten how to listen. The chorus chooses numbness over grief: who needs tears / when you can be blind? Bridge pushes back on adult condescension: at least we're expressing something / I don't wanna do what's been done.