This one is a message
Take it as it comes
Don't mistake it for anger
But a total of its sums
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You're Knot Listening
A Message In Context
A song about context — and how easily facts on their own can mislead you when the wider story is missing. About the frustration of not being heard, the moments we misread because we judged them too soon, and the quiet conclusion that sometimes the answer isn't simple at all — sometimes it's a Gordian knot.
The Story
About this track.
You're Knot Listening is a song about context — and the easy mistake of judging a moment, a decision, a person, on isolated facts while the bigger story sits quietly out of frame.
It's the frustration of not being heard. The misread looks, the half-answers, the conclusions reached before the question was finished. Facts alone, the song argues, are worthless on their own — they cannot shine light on the whole.
Some lessons take years to understand. Sometimes what appears obvious at first glance looks very different when viewed through the lens of time, experience and perspective. And sometimes the answer isn't simple at all — it's a Gordian knot. You don't pull at it. You sit with it. You listen.
“Sometimes it's a Gordian knot.”
Lyrics · Eighteen Movements
You're Knot Listening, in full.
By that, what do you mean
You may question
But hear me out
And I hope you'll see
That this message is about gestion
Of life's events
As they play out
At that very moment
But
Caution
Don't be mistaken
I'm not against the facts
Important they are
Keep listening and I hope
You'll see my path
Through my reflection and thought
My aim of this message is to reveal my past tracks
Context is the theme
Often taken out of play
Context
If only easy to portray
Correctly that is
with coherence and no forsay
Facts explained like a science essay
The problem with context
Is it's often misunderstood
Or worse, brushed aside, neglected
To your unwilling dismay
But the now
The present
Whenever that may be
With only facts alone
Worthless to my eyes
As they cannot shine
Light on the whole
The big picture that is
Each individual fact
Taken at face value
A dangerous path to walk
One eye closed
Difficult to gauge with precision
The distance on your events timeline
Context is the theme
Often taken out of play
Context
If only easy to portray
Correctly that is
with coherence and no forsay
Facts explained like a science essay
The problem with context
Is it's often misunderstood
Or worse, brushed aside, neglected
To your unwilling dismay
Now the question worth its weight
That weight on your shoulders
Is knowing the solution to my message
At that instant so crucial
Trying to keep the fire alight
When left with only smoulders
From my experiences lived
Those in the past and the present
Is that an answer seems hard to find
One could say
It's a psychological thriller
You'd have to watch it on repeat
Just to untangle such a complex
And twisted plot
However here's the thing
And I'll finish my message here
If we just listened quietly
With attention
Could we not just conclude
Just maybe
That the answer to my message
Could be compared to that
Of a Gordian knot
That the answer to my message
Could be compared to that
Of a Gordian knot
Lyrics by Shaun Williams · Creative, Artistic & Music Direction by Shaun Williams, S.D. & Richie Atkinson · © 2026 SWSD Music Production
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