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Today they even charge for a how are you
They calculate the cost of extending a hand
No one has time for anyone
Everyone is an island in the crowd

They traded hugs for reports
They traded listening for meetings
They forgot that people aren't data
People are people, not stock quotes

Everything has a price, except what matters
Welcoming became a rare coin
No one stops to look into eyes
In a world where only profit never tires

I don't even know my neighbor's name
I don't even know if my colleague is okay
We're all so busy
That we forget to be someone for someone

They traded hugs for reports
They traded listening for meetings
They forgot that people aren't data
People are people, not stock quotes

Everything has a price, except what matters
Welcoming became a rare coin
No one stops to look into eyes
In a world where only profit never tires

Maybe the most radical thing today
Is simply to ask and wait for the answer
Maybe caring for someone, for free
Is the only act that still costs us

Everything has a price, except what matters
But I choose to pay anyway
I will stop, I will ask, I will listen to the answer
This is still human, this is still a right

Caring shouldn't be resistance
But today, it is