words Lyrics

Words are fragile, darting, evasive, undercover

Tricky darling rebels turning on their maker

Sorry I said something, I meant something other

You and me in silence, nothing could be sweeter

Sounds distort the safe-shaped space we hold together

Static interference from sender to receiver

Sticks and stones couldn't break us if they tried

But words might soon unmake us from the inside

So let's just take this moment now to look into each other's eyes

Til silence swallows all our hows and whys

Verbs neglect intentions, nouns forget distinctions

Adjectives transposed by emotional inflections

I meant what I said, but not the way you heard it

I was hurt, I didn't quite know how to word it

Sticks and stones couldn't break us if they tried

But words might soon unmake us from the inside

So let's just take this moment now to look into each other's eyes

Til silence swallows all our hows and whys

Quipping, tweeting, words worth eating flung in passing

I don't know why, but I know the space is shifting

Words grip onto feelings trying to salvage meaning

Scratching to hold onto memory, losing footing

Sticks and stones couldn't break us, no

But words might soon unmake us, oh

So let's just take this moment now to hear what's underneath

The traffic of our efforts, drowning us in our beliefs

Smiling babies, we knew only light and feeling

Symbols crowding, gaining culture, losing meaning

Leaping to conclusions, we forgot the body

Sticks and stones overtake us all someday

But words are just a game we choose to play

So let's just take this moment now to be

As me dissolves into you dissolves into

Me dissolves into you dissolves into

Me dissolves into you dissolves into

Me dissolves into you dissolves into

Me dissolves into you dissolves into peace