Save Me From My Silence
v1
An empty room, an empty page
I sit and stare in silence
I tried to write a song tonight
But nothing came but silence
ch
Come, will you be my melody
The remedy for my quiet
Give me a song to sing
And save me from my silence,
Please save me from my silence
v2
I wrote the words I wanted you
To hear me sing tonight
I tried to write the melody
But silence filled the night
ch
Come, will you be my melody
The remedy for my quiet
Give me a song to sing
And save me from my silence,
Please save me from my silence
bridge
I searched for a remedy
For the silence still binding me
Won’t you be my melody
Tonight?
ch
Come, will you be my melody
The remedy for my quiet
Give me a song to sing
And save me from my silence,
Please save me from my silence
Come save me from my silence
4 comments:
Is silence a bad thing? What do you mean by silence in this context?
I really enjoyed reading it, thank you for writing it!
Good questions Miss Mary Kate :)
I think by silence in this context, I mean the inability to communicate and the lack of music to accompany the words of the song. The author is looking for someone not only to save them from the physical silence of being unable to write their song, but the metaphorical silence of lack of good communication.
I've been on a song-lyric writing spree lately so many more songs shall be forthcoming...and someday, perhaps, music :)
Very good, friend. I liked it lots. :) I could almost hear some kind of melody with the words as I read.
Ha! I'm sure it's not coincidence that Mary Kate and I had the exact same thought (hesychasm, anyone?)... but I like your clarification, Elizabeth. It seems that we do, in fact, need a "true" song to sing, even if that song can only be found by the complete rejection of all our own mental/emotional "noise"... and I think that's what you're saying (right?).
Perhaps there's a way to differentiate between two different kinds of silence in the song? Some kind of witty "turn" between verses? I think that if we're right about what it means to have the grace of God, then we have the song already inside of us ("the kingdom of God is within you") via Christ's redemption... and we might have to endure some pretty terrible, self-sacrificial silence in order to hear what He has already given us.
What do you think?
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