# 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:** 483
**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:** [March 26, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9641 "2018-03-26T14:36:29Z")
I’m looking through you Where did you go? I thought I knew you What did I know? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9642 "2018-03-27T02:46:05Z")
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through Looking into their eyes I see them running too ---
**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 27, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9643 "2018-03-27T02:48:28Z")
Those were the days my friend We thought they’d never end ---
**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 27, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9644 "2018-03-27T13:28:32Z")
This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend, the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end No safety or surprise, the end I’ll never look into your eyes, again ---
**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 27, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9645 "2018-03-27T18:19:59Z")
And in the end The love you take Is equal to the love you make ---
**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:** [April 1, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9646 "2018-04-01T20:20:52Z")
Her Majesty’s a pretty nice girl But she doesn’t have a lot to say ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9647 "2018-04-03T06:27:15Z")
To your own pressing problem and the hate you must unwind. So ask of me no answer there is none that I could give you wouldn’t find. I went your way ten years ago and I’ve got nothing to say. Nothing to say. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2018, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9648 "2018-04-03T07:28:11Z")
Behind the ambitions of a child who found his way There’s a cold realization that our deeds die with the day And behind the disguise of a man with a cause There’s a child screaming with nothing left to say ---
**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:** [April 3, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9649 "2018-04-03T12:51:17Z")
You keep pretending that everything’s fine So you make small talk to help pass the time But all the words that you spit from your face Add up to nothing: you got nothing to say ---
**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:** [April 3, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9650 "2018-04-03T13:30:51Z")
Where are you from Jesus? What do you want Jesus? Tell me You’ve got to be careful - you could be dead soon - Could well be Why do you not speak when I have your life in my hands? How can you stay quiet? I don’t believe you understand ---
**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:** [April 3, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9651 "2018-04-03T15:55:12Z")
They crucified my Lord, and he never said a mumbalin’ word; they crucified my Lord, and he never said a mumbalin’ word. Not a word, not a word, not a word. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9652 "2018-04-05T13:53:05Z")
It’s unintelligible I just can’t get it through my skull It’s hard to bargle nawdle zouss With all these marbles in my mouth ---
**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:** [April 6, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9653 "2018-04-06T05:46:52Z")
So no one hears his cries The skull beneath the skin Now your drawn and quartered Your bones will make the X Symbol stands for poison And it’s chained to your head ---
**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:** [April 6, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9654 "2018-04-06T12:59:20Z")
Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part That wonders what the part that isn’t thinking isn’t thinking of. Should you worry when the skullhead is in front of you, Or is it worse because it’s always waiting where your eyes don’t go? ---
**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:** [April 6, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9655 "2018-04-06T14:04:00Z")
Nothing to say, and nothing to hear And nothing to see Each sensation makes a note In my symphony Sickness can surely take the mind Where minds can’t usually go Come on the amazing journey And learn all you should 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:** [April 7, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9656 "2018-04-07T04:15:07Z")
Hey dude, you’re so uncool But hey, that’s all right Like there’s no need to get uptight My eyes reflect the stars And a smile lights up my face We’re on an amazing flight in space ---
**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:** [April 8, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9657 "2018-04-08T01:13:56Z")
Every time I look at you I don’t understand Why you let the things you did get so out of hand. You’d have managed better if you’d had it planned. Why’d you choose such a backward time in such a strange land? ---
**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:** [April 12, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9658 "2018-04-12T18:21:19Z")
Stranger in a strange land Land of ice and snow Trapped inside this prison Lost and far from home ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9659 "2018-04-12T19:27:34Z")
Here to paradise they go Brighter made is their woe As above, so 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:** [April 13, 2018, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9660 "2018-04-13T11:44:00Z")
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