Speechless

1 week ago by @spazsquatch · @nahlej381

Liner Notes

I wrote some (hopefully) clever word-play for the #PALINDROME challenge that tied the word into a song about identity struggle, laid down a scratch vocal over a simple drum pattern, then tossed that over to FAWM superstar @nahlej381 for ideas. Like drinking from the firehose with that guy.

He took what felt like bitter frustration on the page and molded it into this sort of desperate yearning vibe that really kicks this up into something special. Mad love man.

Lyrics

[Verse]
Palindrome in crisis, inquest my identity
Spectrum definition, dependent on who's reading me.
Authorial integrity, given oxford comma treatment.
lenient provision, never comes out naturally

Subtext to the words back-masked in the listening
Context in reverse, hidden from the surface read.
Symmetry of form, polished to Nth degree
Professional appearance like I'm spellchecked using Grammerly.

Crafted poetry with adverbs chose to obfuscate
Analysis verse, more than movement illustrates
Little slight-of-hand like a straw man in debate
Presenting the appearance society anticipates

[Pre]
Ping pong boomerang, starting where I terminate
Bouncing back and forth like a laser between mirrored planes
Camus School house Rock, Stranger in a play-pretend
Acting like the balance is really who I am.

[Chorus]
I feel speechless
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmmmmmm
I feel speechless
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmmmmmm
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmmmmmm
mmm, mmm, mmm

[Verse]
Onomatopoeia, sound out my identity
Echoing in sound, how I want to be perceived
Drowning in the noise, Leo in the northern sea
Mouth is frozen tight, when all I want to do is scream

Bile in my heart, but keep the temper underneath.
Dump it online, safe in anonymity
Wear a happy face, pantomiming pleasantries
Artful in restraint like Kinbaku in Japanese

Contemplated thoughts more than what is necessary
Tripping over words, killing all their energy
Phrasing that I choose borders on tautology
Tip-toe to the line of linguistic neutrality

[Pre]
Buzz-buzz, static hum signal path, all messed up
Internal monologue quacking like a lame duck
4′33″ looping on an 8-track run amok
The frequency within isn't coming out.

[Chorus]
I feel speechless
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmmmmmm
I feel speechless
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmmmmmm
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmmmmmm
mmm, mmm, mmm

[Bridge]
Speechlessly speaking that's oxymoronic.
Meta-versing lines like it's that Zuck' schtick
A playful homonym, tucked in my rhetoric
But all the word-play can't help with the conflict.

[Outro]
I feel speechless
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmmmmmm
I feel speechless
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmmmmmm
I feel speechless
mmm, mmm, mmm, mmmmmmm
I feel speechless
mmm, mmm, mmm

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