Okay, so this one was titled on my list as “Me in the Way” and I guess it could still be titled that, but I’ve come to think of it as “Silence Speaks” instead…

You might have already guessed that this is from the same recording session as “We Can’t Go Back.”

 (I’m wearing the same dress in it, after all.)

I’m practically obsessed with watching myself play guitar on these recordings.  I wonder if the untrained eye might be convinced that my fingers forming the chords resemble a rock star’s…  and I happen to be amused that every time I play a G chord, it sorta looks like I’m making, um, a  familiar gesture… see below. 

I don’t know if anyone is interested in the lyrics, but I’ve included them in case I’m not doing a great job at enunciating. (Or I could just blame the crappy built-in computer mic.)

There’s going to be some cool dissonant harmony in this one.  That’s the other fun part about watching/listening to myself.  I can start to write harmony… and sometimes I decide to make other changes to lyrics or structure.  And I usually decide that I haven’t done a good enough job of controlling my voice and really listening to my pitch in some spots.  (Sigh.)

So here’s the song in its current form (for today):

 

Silence Speaks

 

Silence speaks loud and clear

It’s better that way

‘Cause whatever you say

Won’t be what I want to hear

 

Reason, reasons don’t matter at all

The result is the same

No avoiding the pain

After the fall

 

Push it closed, give it all you’ve got

There’s a fire inside

Burning hot, spreading wide

That’s why the door is so hot

 

Say what you mean

Mean what you say

It’s me in the way.

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