Talk me Down (Lyrics)

INSTRUMENTAL PARTS: voice, drums, guitar, flute

 

[Phone rings.

"Hey, it's Kira.  Are you there? *Exhale, not quite a sigh*.  I'm kind of losing it right now and I really need to talk to you.  So...just call me back."

Beep.]

 

(a moment of silence.

drumbeat begins, 1-2 3, 1-2 3, 1-2 3, 1-1-2 3)

 

toss the phone, and don't reach back

grab your coat, up off the rack

out the door, and nobody asks where you're going.

on the street, wind stings your eyes

don't worry, everybody cries

but where you're headed, you have no way of knowing.

 

[rhythm changes, a faster, more complex beat]

talk me down, just see me there

with the broken heart at the top of these stairs

i'm going to lose my balance, go screaming to the ground

talk me down, just wipe my eyes

don't worry, everybody cries

i'm going to lose my balance, you can't stop me now...

just talk me down.

 

hit the stairs, and almost run

who knew that killing yourself would be this much fun?

up on the roof and beyond is what you're hunting.

up the fire escape in the storm-charged air

you climb with your face full of wind-tossed hair

and are ready for everything you have been wanting.

 

can you talk me down, just see me there

with the broken heart at the top of these stairs?

i'm going to lose my balance, go screaming to the ground

will you talk me down, just wipe my eyes

say don't worry, everybody cries?

i'm going to lose my balance, you can't stop me now...

just talk me down.

 

[instrumental, about :20, then abrupt ringing silence]

 

stand at the edge, just look away

it doesn't matter any more what they all say

you take a breath, and prepare to leave this lifetime...

(drumbeat getting faster and faster)

he hits the top of the stairs as you're about to cut your life line...

 

[music returns]

 

he used to talk me down, just see me there

with the broken heart at the top of these stairs

before i lost my balance, went screaming to the ground

he talked me down, just wiped my eyes

said don't worry, everybody cries

but it's alright, 'cause you won't have to now

can't talk me down.

...can't talk me down...

you couldn't talk me down...

 

[music fades piece by piece: drums, then guitar, leaving flute alone until its sound, too, dies.]

Author's Note

wow that's depressing. but i haven't been writing songs for a while, so i feel reasonably good about this.

Reviews

[Candy-pooh]

u shood feel good about this, u r gifted, this and all ur other songs are really good