Listen - Beyonce (Dream Girls soundtrack)

I predicted Melanie Amaro would win the first season of X Factor USA and I was right. After she was crowned the champion of The X Factor's first-ever U.S. version, Amaro closed out the show with an encore performance of "Listen." Backstage, Amaro laughed as she recalled the moment she won and how she forgot the lyrics.

"I couldn't remember any of the words," she said. "I was so overwhelmed; it was such a surprise to me."

Melanie Amaro boyfriend is also a contestant on the show.

To help her and others remember the lyrics, I've picked Listen for this post.



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

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 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've gotta find my own

You should have listened, there is someone here inside
Someone I thought had died so long ago
Oh, I'm screaming out and my dreams'll be heard
They will not be pushed aside on words
Into your own all 'cause you won't
Listen

Repeat Chorus

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 made of me
I followed the voice you think you gave to me
But now I've gotta find my own, my own

"Listen" is one of four compositions written specifically for the Dream Girls film.