Wisdom
“Wisdom” is the third single and fourth track from the EP Listen
Story
This song is actually about someone. Some of the songs I have written sound like they are about someone specific but they really are not (at least that is what I tell myself). This one is. The title kind of gives it away. I woke up one morning, turned on a tape recorder and the music, and a lot of the lyrics just came out. By the time I got to the “don’t you ever speak my name” bit I was sobbing. It actually kind of felt good so I just kept repeating it, that’s how the ending came about. I couldn’t sing this song for the longest time without crying. If you were to strip away all of the effects on my voice on the recording you would be able to hear that was still the case when I recorded the vocals for this track. This is another song that has layers upon layer of guitars.
I sing the lyrics incorrectly on the recording; the lyrics below are the correct lyrics.
Lyrics
Memories of tomorrow
From pictures of today
It doesn’t matter what you’re feeling
It only matters what you say
Picking up your pieces of my
Perfectly shattered veneer
Everything I ever wanted
Always seems to disappear
You never knew it
I would never let them stay
If there was a chance I could wake up
In your arms yesterday
If I could please
Please
Please
Memories filled with sorrow
Pieces that don’t have a say
Placed upon the board of
A game they don’t
Know how to play
It didn’t take a lot for
You to beat me
But one thing you didn’t learn
Knowing when to
Leave is easy
But what about when to return
I think you knew it
I could have showed you how to stay
But you were so afraid of
What you were yesterday
Now I see
I'm free
Free
If I could please
If I could
Be
If I could
Don’t you ever speak my name
I waited
Long enough
Long enough for you
Don’t you ever speak my name
I waited
Long enough
Long enough for you
Don’t you ever speak my name
I waited
Long enough
Long enough for you
Don’t you ever speak my name
I waited
Long enough
Long enough for you