# 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:** 105
**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 12, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2081 "2014-10-12T13:11:34Z")
The ripples dance and call me liar How do they know me I’ve never asked? Seven times I’ve heard my conscience cry I’ve never worked out why I need to live this tainted life ---
**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 13, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2082 "2014-10-13T03:50:10Z")
Once I ran to you, now I’ll run from you This tainted love you’ve given I give you all a boy could give you Take my tears and that’s not nearly all ---
**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 13, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2083 "2014-10-13T13:28:02Z")
[[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeKLydy_nTM) just shuffled on my computer as I came to this thread, btw:] And as the fog gets clearer Though it really breaks the heart The weak gets strong and nearer and condensation tears are brushed away Security softens the lie. ---
**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 13, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2084 "2014-10-13T14:48:37Z")
I can see clearly now, the rain has gone. I can see all obstacles in my way. ---
**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 13, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2085 "2014-10-13T14:57:22Z")
And to hear the sun, what a thing to believe But it’s all around if we could but perceive ---
**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 13, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2086 "2014-10-13T17:35:14Z")
People say to see is to believe Then they just believe in that they can perceive What they see is not the total view Filtered between the me and you ---
**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 13, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2087 "2014-10-13T18:15:01Z")
I have the same dreams every night I wake up shaking in the morning light I don’t know what could be expected of me I only know that I believe what I see And you - do you see what I see? (Do you see what I see?) ---
**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 13, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2088 "2014-10-13T21:12:53Z")
Said the night wind to the little lamb: Do you see what I see? Way up in the sky, little lamb. Do you see what I see? ---
**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 14, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2089 "2014-10-14T00:40:40Z")
Can you not see that little light up there? Where? There! Where? _Over here!_ ---
**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 14, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2090 "2014-10-14T00:46:22Z")
And we won’t come back till it’s over Over there. ---
**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 14, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2091 "2014-10-14T00:53:23Z")
I must go, oh, no, no, no! Oh, no, no, no! And I don’t know if I’m ever coming home. ---
**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 14, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2092 "2014-10-14T06:06:46Z")
No, no no no No no no, no no no no no Joan Crawford has risen from the grave! ---
**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 14, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2093 "2014-10-14T11:10:14Z")
Can you hear me Or do I surmise? That you fear me can you feel my temper RISE. ---
**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 14, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2094 "2014-10-14T12:02:29Z")
You got wings upon your back and you can fly It’s the way that you feel, it’s the truth in your eye 'Cause you’re up against the world and still you rise And still you rise ---
**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 14, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2095 "2014-10-14T12:53:30Z")
Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, thy better portion trace; Rise from transitory things, towards heaven, thy destined place: Sun and moon and stars decay, time shall soon this earth remove; Rise, my soul, and haste away to seats prepared above. ---
**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 14, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2096 "2014-10-14T13:08:47Z")
Far above the Ravengate The spread wings of Blashyrkh wait Above the roaring depths Sits the oath of frost on the elder Raven Throne ---
**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 14, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2097 "2014-10-14T16:14:10Z")
I dreamed I saw on a moonlit stair Spreading his hand on the multitude there A man who cried for a love gone stale And ice cold hearts of charity bare ---
**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 14, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2098 "2014-10-14T16:23:44Z")
I am sent to the corners of your mind, where a fire burns and you only see the light. It was out of control. You were wrong, you let it go. How was I to know? ---
**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 14, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2099 "2014-10-14T16:43:18Z")
Hear what I say I’m gonna get out of my mind Where I’m going to be on your way Your spirit is calling after, will I disappear? ---
**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 14, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2100 "2014-10-14T18:52:06Z")
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