# 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:** 305
**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:** [June 14, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6081 "2016-06-14T14:31:57Z")
You can feel the waves coming on (It’s time to take the time) Let them destroy you or carry you on (It’s time to take the time) You’re fighting the weight of the world But no one can save you this time Close your eyes, you can find all you need in your mind ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6082 "2016-06-14T15:14:18Z")
Boy, you’re going to carry that weight, Carry that weight a long time ---
**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:** [June 14, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6083 "2016-06-14T17:36:12Z")
Who was born in a house full of pain Who was trained not to spit in the fan Who was told what to do by the man Who was broken by trained personnel Who was fitted with collar and chain Who was given a pat on the back Who was breaking away from the pack Who was only a stranger at home Who was ground down in the end Who was found dead on the phone Who was dragged down by the stone. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6084 "2016-06-14T18:28:27Z")
And when you need catharsis (yes) Because it’s how you’re made, you know (yes) And when you need absolving (yes) Don’t ask how, but come into my house of pain ---
**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:** [June 14, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6085 "2016-06-14T20:32:34Z")
And who by fire, who by water, who in the sunshine, who in the night time, who by high ordeal, who by common trial, who in your merry merry month of may, who by very slow decay, and who shall I say is calling? ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6086 "2016-06-14T22:18:28Z")
Hello, it’s me I’ve thought about us for a long, long time Maybe I think too much but something’s wrong There’s something here that doesn’t last too long Maybe I shouldn’t think of you as mine ---
**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:** [June 14, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6087 "2016-06-14T23:25:35Z")
Another game of putting things aside As if we’ll come back to them sometime A brace of hope A pride of innocence And you would say something has gone wrong Again it seems we meet in the spaces in between We always say it won’t take long But something’s always wrong ---
**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:** [June 15, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6088 "2016-06-15T03:20:32Z")
Just between us I think it’s time for us to recognize The differences we sometimes fear to show Just between us I think it’s time for us to realize The spaces in between Leave room for you and I to grow ---
**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:** [June 15, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6089 "2016-06-15T13:51:15Z")
In the rain the pavement shines like silver All the lights are misty in the river In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight And all I see is him and me forever and forever And I know it’s only in my mind That I’m talking to myself and not to him And although I know that he is blind Still I say, there’s a way for 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:** [June 15, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6090 "2016-06-15T21:05:24Z")
Talk and talk No time, night time Burnt inside, burnt inside, burnt inside Here comes the daylight, here comes my job Uptown in the penthouse or downtown with the mob Here comes the night time, here comes my role Goodbye to the pavement, hello to my soul ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6091 "2016-06-16T00:39:45Z")
So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can’t plant me in your penthouse I’m going back to my plough ---
**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:** [June 16, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6092 "2016-06-16T02:32:27Z")
Say goodbye to Glasnost, say goodbye to Malathion Say goodbye to the clowns in congress and the belt around Orion Say goodbye to the tabloids, say goodbye to diet soda Say goodbye to new age music from the Capa to the Coda Say goodbye to gridlock, goodbye to Dolly’s chest Goodbye to the ozone layer if there’s any of it left ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6093 "2016-06-16T12:59:54Z")
Say you, say me, say it for always That’s the way it should be Say you, say me, say it together Naturally ---
**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:** [June 16, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6094 "2016-06-16T13:35:03Z")
Left standing in the lurch at a church Were people saying, My God, that’s tough She stood him up No point in us remaining We may as well go home As I did on my own Alone again, naturally ---
**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:** [June 16, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6095 "2016-06-16T13:53:19Z")
I can’t marry you today, My wife won’t let me. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6096 "2016-06-16T14:37:19Z")
Love and marriage Love and marriage It’s an institute you can’t disparage Ask the local gentry And they will say it’s elementary ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6097 "2016-06-16T19:24:11Z")
It’s a nice day to start again It’s a nice day for a white wedding It’s a nice day to start again ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6098 "2016-06-16T22:04:35Z")
You can’t afford no ring You can’t afford no ring I shouldn’t be wearing white and you can’t afford no ring ---
**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:** [June 16, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6099 "2016-06-16T23:56:19Z")
Volcano pierce the air, ashes block out the sun Down in the lair, well I met her there With a price for everyone I paid eighty dollars for this wedding ring I couldn’t take it off if I tried And the cactus sure tastes strangely sweet As it goes down inside ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6100 "2016-06-17T10:37:47Z")
The morning mist arises through another crack in the glass The lack of sleep has made me numb But sometimes when she sleeps she’ll turn and she’ll whisper his name that cake must taste great but i’ll pass when you offer me some [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=304) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=306)