SpinTunes 19 Round 1 'Shh'

[BoffoYux]

"BucketHat" Bobby Matheson - Ease My Mind


Dear diary I’ve got something to say.
words I can’t speak out loud, so I'll write them down
I shoulder the weight of them
Send them through this burdened pen
If I carry them much longer I might drown

The world outside is suffocating
within this page I’m liberated
I give you my all secrets
you ease my mind.

It tires me, wears my soul down each day
To play a part on the stage, and not hide in the page.
A shadow of what I feel,
But would they accept what’s real?
Or would they turn their backs and just walk away

The world outside is suffocating
within this page I’m liberated
I give you my all secrets
you ease my mind.

Someday far from now, When the ink runs dry
I won’t need this armor to get me by
I won’t need to hide in words just so I can fit in,
A future spoken proudly, a diary unwritten

Inspire me, Lead me away from this place
I’m lost in this crowd with pen and paper vows
Scratching away the pain, Tears and Ink smeared in the rain
Standing alone, always searching, never found.

The world outside is suffocating
within this page I’m liberated
I give you my all secrets
you ease my mind.

The world outside just won’t keep waiting
I turn the page, sign and date it
I gave you all my secrets
Now,
ease
my mind.

[crumpart]

Invisible Ink, Hot Pink Halo

***

If you’re looking for a puzzle to solve to
Test your resolve
Well I’ve got a message for you
Illuminated with a billion little clues

The key to the cipher is some
Keen observation
All the bells and the whistles are
Flat out obfuscation
You might not know what to think
But if you read read read
Between the lines you’ll see that

How I feel about you is
Written in invisible ink
It’s written in invisible ink

If you’re drawn to a bit of a mystery it’s
Time to trace the history there’s
Chemistry sure to make a mark
And bring a little light back into the dark

What I wanna say is
Written on the vellum
If you want to find out you’ll
Have to add an alum
I promise if you don’t overthink it
And you treat treat treat
It right you’ll see that

How I feel about you is
Written in invisible ink
It’s written in invisible ink

(Oak gall and vitriol)
(When you heat it up honey you'll learn what you want to know)
(How I feel about you is written in invisible ink)
The key to the cipher is some
Keen observation-ation-ation
All the bells and the whistles are
Flat out obfuscation-scation-scation
You might not know just what to think
But if you read between the lines
You'll see it's all there
In invisible ink

[gizo]

Hello? (the grim awakening of Helly R) - The Late Heavy Bombardment

Hello? Tell me can you hear, are you coming around?
Hello? Do you remember anything about
The road you travelled on to end up in this crowd?
You know we work together but we die alone

But on the outside we’re still hopeful
Because we don’t know what’s going on
yeah yeah yeah
The 9 to 5 - we keep it secret from ourselves
we lock it deep inside
yeah yeah yeah

Hello - welcome back - you never really leave
It shows there’s always one more trick up our sleeve
And so take a break and beg for some reprieve
Alone, you’re dying for a cause you’ll never see

And on the outside we’re still broken
Because we don’t know what’s going on yeah yeah yeah
The 9 to 5 - we keep it secret from ourselves
we lock it deep inside
yeah yeah yeah

Helly, are you listening?
Helly R, this prison
Helly, are you listening?
Helly R, forgive me…

[Pigfarmer Jr]

Sitting Silently
Pigfarmer Jr

A call came, an emergency
In the middle of the night
A neighbor said they were at it again
They were having another fight

When more than an hour later
The cops finally arrived
The man's blood was everywhere
A knife stuck in his side

A woman sitting silently, looking straight ahead

They took her into custody
They took her straight to jail
They asked her questions for hours on end
She only said, "Go to hell!"

They asked her if he was hurting her
If it was self defense
But she refused to say a word
She kept them in suspense

A woman sitting silently, staring straight ahead

And no-one can understand why she won't tell the truth
She won't tell us what he did, how she suffered the abuse
And the reason will never be revealed
She'll take it to her grave

The bailiff asked the room to rise
But she stayed in her seat
The judge was asking her the questions
But she refused to speak

It didn't take them long to vote
For the verdict to be reached
They put the chains around each wrist
Then they put them around her feet

A woman sitting silently, staring straight ahead

And no-one can understand why she won't tell the truth
She won't tell us what he did, how she suffered the abuse
And the reason will never be revealed
She'll take it to her grave

[seemanski]

Our Little Secret
see-man-ski

bells ring and days start
lesson plans are far too hard
these text books don't mean a thing
when you don't know where to begin

oh well, it's not that bad
said the teacher to the class
but when you can't read and you can't write
there's nowhere left to hide

the teacher pulled me aside
and said to me
the teacher pulled me aside
and said

it's our little secret
that no one else need know about

I had a private tutor
who taught me in every way
and soon I'd figured out
my missing vocabulary

oh yeah, it's not that bad
as I strolled back into class
the other students didn't have a clue
the things that we got up to

the teacher pulled me aside
and said to me
the teacher pulled me aside
and said

it's our little secret
that no one else need know about

and to this very day
i think about what you gave
and to this very day
we never gave it away

it was our little secret
that no else knew about

[mholland]

Secret Society - Night Sky

I couldn’t sleep last night
The moon was too bright
Your dream made you smile
It took me by surprise
I wanted to stop time
Help you stay there a while
Will I ever know why
Most nights you cry

You're holding onto bad cards
But you don’t have to be
You're hidin' like you’re a part
Of a secret society a secret society

Who was it taught you this
Can't trust a lover's kiss
A helping hand ain’t a gift
It's just an unfurled fist
A lover’s promise
Just vows written in mist
Let me be the plot twist
I wanna love you better than this

You're holding onto bad cards
But you don’t have to be
You're hidin' like you’re a part
Of a secret society a secret society