[Verse 1]
Answer me could you please answer me
There's a hundred things still left undone
Talk to me my fear is sinking deep
My head is telling me You've up and gone
[Pre-Chorus]
You said I don't have to beg you that I could just come
But I'm standing at the door and it's like its like nobody home
All I need to know is, all I need to know is
Are you listening?
All I need to know is, all I need to know is
Are you listening? And will you answer?
[Verse 2]
Speak some peace can you just speak a little peace
There's a game playing out in my mind, I think I'm losing
Take it easy on me I think I've forgotten how to breathe
Remind me again Your eyes are forever on me
[Pre-Chorus]
You said that whatever I need, in you I'd find
Can you turn the lights on cause I'm going at this blind
All I need to know is, all I need to know is
Are you listening?
All I need to know is, all I need to know is
Are you listening?
[Bridge]
And can you answer, can you answer
Would you answer, please just answer
[Outro]
Answer me, would you please answer me
I'm listening, I'm done talking
Answer Me
Song Meaning
Rita Springer repeats a plea in the very first line of "Answer Me" in the very first line — "answer me, could you please answer me, there's a hundred things still left undone" — and "my head is telling me You've up and gone" admits the gap between what she believes and what she currently feels.
"You said I don't have to beg you that I could just come, but I'm standing at the door and it's like nobody home" names the specific contradiction between a remembered promise and present silence, and the repeated question, "are you listening?" ends the first two sections without resolution each time.
"Speak some peace, can you just speak a little peace, there's a game playing out in my mind, I think I'm losing" escalates the request from an answer to something more basic, calm itself, and "remind me again Your eyes are forever on me" asks for reassurance rather than explanation. "Can you turn the lights on 'cause I'm going at this blind" keeps the metaphor physical rather than abstract, and the closing lines shift from repeated pleading to a stated resolve — "I'm listening, I'm done talking" — ending the song not with an answer received but with a posture changed.