# Speak to me in succinct song lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 26, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666 "2014-06-26T02:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 104
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2061 "2014-10-09T12:40:20Z")
The demon in your mind will rape you in your bed at night The wisdom of ages, the lies and outrages concealed Time it waits for no man, my future is revealed Time it waits for no man, my fate is sealed ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2062 "2014-10-10T18:21:39Z")
All the years of useless search Have finally reached an end Loneliness and empty days will be my only friend From this day love is forgotten I’ll go on as best I can. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2063 "2014-10-10T18:28:20Z")
What’ll I do When you are far away And I am blue What’ll I do? ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2064 "2014-10-10T18:28:31Z")
Did you think I’d crumble Did you think I’d lay down and die Oh no, not I I will survive ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2065 "2014-10-10T18:38:58Z")
When the walls come tumblin’ down When the walls come crumblin’, crumblin’ When the walls come tumblin’, tumblin’ down Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2066 "2014-10-11T03:18:30Z")
All in all it’s just another brick in the wall All in all you’re just another brick in the wall ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2067 "2014-10-11T05:21:43Z")
My gaze scans the walls of this apartment To rectify the confines of my tomb ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2068 "2014-10-11T12:40:54Z")
Lightning and thunder cause the walls to shake And someone searching through the debris For the photograph of his wife, oh I want life I want it now and forever, I want to rise up out of this chamber And clamber into the sky ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2069 "2014-10-11T13:54:52Z")
Every time I see your face It reminds me of the places we used to go But all I’ve got is a photograph And I realize you’re not coming back anymore ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2070 "2014-10-11T13:56:28Z")
The exception I know is the case When I’m out on a quiet spree, Fighting vainly the old ennui, And I suddenly turn and see your fabulous face. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2071 "2014-10-11T14:05:20Z")
have often walked down this street before; But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before. All at once am I Several stories high. Knowing I’m on the street where you live. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2072 "2014-10-11T14:59:48Z")
Winding your way down on Baker Street Light in your head and dead on your feet Well another crazy day, you’ll drink the night away And forget about everything ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2073 "2014-10-11T15:07:30Z")
This is no social crisis Just another tricky day for you ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2074 "2014-10-11T15:08:29Z")
Day by day, day by day Oh, dear Lord, three things I pray. To see thee more clearly Love thee more dearly Follow thee more nearly Day by day. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2075 "2014-10-11T15:52:34Z")
Building castles in the air, whistling to the wind As nature bows down her head, see what tomorrow brings. Twilight time Dream with me awhile. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2076 "2014-10-11T16:30:42Z")
Smashed again down into the gray Despise for a world turned cold No one sees what tomorrow knows ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2077 "2014-10-11T16:41:03Z")
You can’t turn back the clock, you can’t turn back the tide Ain’t that a shame? I’d like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride When life was just a game ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2078 "2014-10-11T23:39:58Z")
If I could turn back time If I could find a way I’d take back those words that hurt you And you’d stay ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2079 "2014-10-12T00:40:12Z")
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day Fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2080 "2014-10-12T01:21:46Z")
Is it any wonder I’ve got too much time on my hands It’s ticking away with my sanity, I’ve got too much time on my hands It’s hard to believe such a calamity, I’ve got too much time on my hands And it’s ticking away, ticking away from me [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=105)