# 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:** 365
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7281 "2016-12-01T01:58:48Z")
Never return, I’m waiting no more They take no prisoners in the promised war You’ll die for this Die for this Take it away Moonchild Lower me down, lower me down Moonchild… lower me down down down down down down ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7282 "2016-12-01T09:48:35Z")
I’m going down I’m going, down, down, down, down, down Yes, I’m going down, yes I’m going down, down, down, down, down Yes, I’ve got my feet in the window Got my head on the ground ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7283 "2016-12-01T15:39:15Z")
The humble man rises to a new low The humble man rises to a new low The humble man rises, full of surprises And cuts a dashing figure on the rocks below ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7284 "2016-12-01T16:18:51Z")
Down, down, down and out. Down, down, down and out. Down, down, down and out. Down, down, down and out. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7285 "2016-12-01T17:04:35Z")
He will go down he will drown drown deeper down The river wild will take your only child He will go down he will drown drown deeper down The mills grind slow in a riverbed ghost town He will go down he will drown drown deeper down The river wild will take your only child He will go down he will drown drown deeper down The mills grind slow in a riverbed ghost town He will go down he will drown drown deeper down If you want me, do come across ---
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7286 "2016-12-02T03:20:54Z")
Ghost of perdition Stuck in her chest A warning no one read Tragic friendship Called inside the fog Pouring venom brew deceiving Devil cracked the earthly shell Foretold she was the one Blew hope into the room and said: “You have to live before you die young” ---
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7287 "2016-12-02T12:05:11Z")
People try to put us d-down (Talkin’ ‘bout my generation) Just because we get around (Talkin’ ‘bout my generation) Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin’ ‘bout my generation) I hope I die before I get old (Talkin’ 'bout my generation) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7288 "2016-12-02T14:31:26Z")
I gotta see my girl, I gotta see her eyes The barometer is falling, only she can make it rise There’s nothing on the trees, there’s nothing for me here I gotta find salvation and some thermal underwear It’s cold and it’s getting colder They’re vaccinating Satan who’s shaking all over pneumonia It’s cold, like an endless winter The moons on the run and even the sun is cold The stars are all gone and even the sun is cold The world is too old and even the sun is cold ---
**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:** [December 2, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7289 "2016-12-02T15:37:54Z")
Now you spit on the sky Because it’s empty and hollow All your dreams Are hanging out to dry Stars are stars And they shine so cold I saw you climb Shadows on the trees We lost some time After things that never matter ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7290 "2016-12-03T00:20:40Z")
Look at me, I’m as helpless as a kitten up a tree; And I feel like I’m clingin’ to a cloud, I can’ t understand I get misty, just holding your hand. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7291 "2016-12-03T00:53:57Z")
See the flashing lights, hear the thunder roar I am gonna set you all alight Gotta make it man, I ain’t got a choice Gotta fill this hall tonight Helpless, helpless Helpless, helpless ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7292 "2016-12-03T01:06:30Z")
Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd Smiling Merciless, the magistrate turns 'round Frowning And who’s the fool who wears the crown? Go down in your own way And everyday is the right day And as you rise above the fear lines in his brow You look down Hearing the sound of the faces in the crowd ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7293 "2016-12-03T13:20:36Z")
Won’t you look down upon me, Jesus You’ve got to help me make a stand You’ve just got to see me through another day My body’s aching and my time is at hand I won’t make it any other way ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7294 "2016-12-03T15:50:05Z")
Now of (third) of December was covered with snow and so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston. Though the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frosting, with ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go. There’s a song that they sing when they take to the highway, a song that they sing when they take to the sea, a song that they sing of their home in the sky, maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep, but singing works just fine for me. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7295 "2016-12-03T17:11:41Z")
December’s girl stares alone at the world Her face pressed against the panes She’s watching the children play out in the snow Her eyes can see only flames Oh please don’t turn away Burn away, turn away You’d have us forget those three months crying ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7296 "2016-12-03T17:16:26Z")
And the snow is coming down On our New England town And it’s been falling all day long What else is new What can I do But sing this valley winter song I wrote for 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:** [December 3, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7297 "2016-12-03T22:06:35Z")
Then I heard the children singing They were running through the rainbows They were singing a song for you Well it seemed to be a song for you The one I wanted to write for you, for you Lavenders blue, dilly dilly, lavenders green When I am King, dilly dilly, you will be Queen A penny for your thoughts my dear A penny for your thoughts my dear I.O.U. for your love, I.O.U. for your love ---
**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:** [December 3, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7298 "2016-12-03T23:44:18Z")
[ok, Marillion it is…] And it was morning And I found myself mourning, For a childhood that I thought had disappeared I looked out the window And I saw a magpie in the rainbow, the rain had gone I’m not alone, I turned to the mirror I saw you, the child, that once loved The child before they broke his heart Our heart, the heart that I believed was lost Hey you, surprised? More than surprised To find the answers to the questions Were always in your own eyes ---
**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:** [December 4, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7299 "2016-12-04T11:40:44Z")
Surprise! You’re dead! Ha ha! Open your eyes See the world as it used to be when you used to be in it When you were alive and when you were in love And when I took it from you! It’s not over yet You don’t remember? I won’t let you forget ---
**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:** [December 4, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7300 "2016-12-04T13:28:40Z")
Light up the fire, play some Nat King Cole Always sentimental and don’t you know that It’s gonna be a Christmas to remember [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=364) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=366)