# 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:** 164
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3261 "2015-03-13T04:14:02Z")
Ripped open by metal explosion Caught in barbed wire Fireball, bullet shock Bayonet, electricity Shrapnel, throbbing meat Take weapons up and begin to kill Watch the long, long armies drifting 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:** [March 13, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3262 "2015-03-13T04:59:20Z")
I smile when I’m sneaking through shadows by the wall I laugh when I’m creeping, but you won’t hear me at all All hear my warning Never turn your back on the ripper ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3263 "2015-03-13T07:32:34Z")
Bang, bang, Maxwell’s silver hammer Came down upon her head Do do do do do Bang, bang, Maxwell’s silver hammer Made sure that she was dead ---
**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:** [March 13, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3264 "2015-03-13T14:40:59Z")
Swung from a chandelier, my planet sweet on a silver salver Bailed out my worst fears, 'cause man has to be his own savior Blind sailors, imprisoned jailers God tame us, no one to blame us ---
**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:** [March 13, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3265 "2015-03-13T14:43:41Z")
I’m gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier I’m gonna live like tomorrow doesn’t exist, Like it doesn’t exist I’m gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry I’m gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier ---
**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:** [March 13, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3266 "2015-03-13T20:57:57Z")
I wish that I could fly into the sky So very high just like a dragonfly I’d fly above the trees Over the seas in all degrees To anywhere I please ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3267 "2015-03-13T21:54:42Z")
Suspended under the twilight canopy We’ll search the sky for a star to guide us If by some chance you find yourself loving me We’ll find a cloud to hide us, keep the moon beside us ---
**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:** [March 13, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3268 "2015-03-13T22:18:44Z")
Nobody found a trace of Missy I’d be the last to tell them anyway How could I ever, ever explain? Now I hear “THEM” again, singing Twilight symphony, twilight ---
**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:** [March 14, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3269 "2015-03-14T02:27:45Z")
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:** ![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:** [March 14, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3270 "2015-03-14T02:47:47Z")
Heavenly shades of night are falling, it’s twilight time Out of the mist your voice is calling, it is twilight time When purple colored curtains mark the end of day I’ll hear you, my dear, at twilight time ---
**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:** [March 14, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3271 "2015-03-14T14:05:02Z")
Howl at the stars Whisper when you’re sleepy I’ll be there to hold you I’ll be there to stop The chills and all the weeping ---
**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:** [March 14, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3272 "2015-03-14T16:05:22Z")
The morning star Riding the fires of the northern gold I’ve searched the eye I laugh under the weeping moon ---
**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:** [March 14, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3273 "2015-03-14T16:12:41Z")
Lost Northern star Buried in sorrow I’ll guard your mind Let demons howl outside My soul burns My soul burns ---
**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:** [March 14, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3274 "2015-03-14T16:30:54Z")
When the night wind howls in the chimney cowls, and the bat in the moonlight flies, And inky clouds, like funeral shrouds, sail over the midnight skies – When the footpads quail at the night-bird’s wail, and black dogs bay at the moon, Then is the spectres’ holiday – then is the ghosts’ high-noon! ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3275 "2015-03-15T00:21:41Z")
There were ghosts in the eyes Of all the boys you sent away They haunt this dusty beach road In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets They scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet ---
**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:** [March 15, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3276 "2015-03-15T01:50:10Z")
So what becomes of you my love When they have finally stripped you of The handbags and the gladrags That your Grandad had to sweat so you could buy ---
**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:** [March 15, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3277 "2015-03-15T01:54:04Z")
Take my hand Come back to the land Where everything’s ours for a few hours Let me see you stripped down to the bone ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3278 "2015-03-15T23:17:53Z")
Now Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river, She is wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters, And the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor, And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers, There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning, They are leaning out for love and they will lean that way forever, While Suzanne holds the mirror. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3279 "2015-03-16T00:11:17Z")
Down at the end, round by the corner (Not right away, not right away) (Aaa aaa aaa aaa) Close to the edge, down by a river (Not right away, not right away) (Aaa aaa aaa aaa) ---
**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:** [March 16, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3280 "2015-03-16T02:39:29Z")
Gonna lay down my burden, Down by the riverside, Down by the riverside, Down by the riverside. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=165)