Lyrics / wish you would say

Wish You Would Say
Trudy Newell, 2003

verse
You don’t smile much anymore,
there’s just a glimpse of a
grimace on your face when I
tell the old familiar jokes we used to laugh about mmm

verse
I try to catch you at the door before you leave
But you won’t stop, you’re getting on with your day
You don’t talk so much anymore, there’s just that
Civil little “Hello, how do you do” and then you’re gone oh

pre chorus / build
And I’m talking to myself in an empty room
Wanting you but you keep running away

chorus
Wish you would say what’s on your mind,
Give me a clue to what you’re thinking
Wish that what I heard was really you,
not just some soulless conversation
You know it cuts me up inside,
this love I feel for you is dying
Give me something to hold on to
Do you still want to?
Ooh, I wish you would say

verse
Now I’m just sitting here, in the dark
Waiting for you to come home
The only sound I hear, the ticking of the clock
Loneliness ringing in my ears

pre chorus / build
And I’m pouring out my hurt, in the company of shadows and my fears
Because I just can’t talk to you, you’re never here

chorus
Wish you would say what’s on your mind,
give me a clue to what you’re thinking
Wish that what I heard was really you,
not just some soulless conversation
You know it cuts me up inside,
this love I feel for you is dying
Give me something to hold on to
Do you still want to?
Ooh, I wish you would say

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August 09, 2007

TristanSchaut

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TristanSchaut reviewed Version 1 - Read 100%% of the Item

really good lyrics!
this should be performed with understated verses and over-the-top emotion on the chorus.
I hear it as pretty poppy/radio-friendly (NOT in a bad way), very melodic.
I think you should be true to the title and just say “wish you would say…” instead of “I wish…”
these were very good, though.
best of luck to you.
-TS

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September 09, 2008

by confessdeny

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thanks for the review. In fact, when I sing this out I don’t include the I, and I never realized that before.

September 09, 2008

by confessdeny

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thanks for the review. In fact, when I sing this out I don’t include the I, and I never realized that before.

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February 05, 2007

victorianLace

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victorianLace reviewed Version 1 - Read 100%% of the Item

I truly like the lyrics to this song – and I think it works from an emotional level, as well as a lyrical level. A truly good song speaks of a pain that almost everyone has felt at one time or another – and you’ve hit upon a pain that is all too familiar to so many of us. I like the use of repetition, but the fact that you don’t overuse it, or beat us to death with it. Get going on the music, you’ve really got something here and I’m a fussy old lady, retired English teacher (who also has been engaged 5 times, married 3 times and so haven’t exactly forgotten how the love thing works.)
mary ellen
(VictorianLace)