Songs that speak my heart

The Voice that Hides

Sometimes I find my voice gone.
All the poems of the past
that came so easily are now
nowhere to be found --
traces of a voice that had its heart
hurt too many times and now
hides behind the veneer of rational thoughts
and seemingly nonchalant laughter. 

But sometimes this little voice still finds its echo
in songs that pass over many others,
and it is then that it dares belt out
the words it yearns to say,
without fear of judgment
without fear of hurt,
hiding behind the voice of others.

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Beautiful Disaster -- Jon McLaughlin 

She loves her momma's lemonade
Hates the sounds that goodbyes make
She prays one day she'll find someone to need her
She swears there's no difference between the lies and compliments
It's all the same if everybody leaves her

And every magazine tells her she's not good enough
The pictures that she sees makes her cry

She would change everything, everything, just ask her
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home

She's giving boys what they want
Trying to act so nonchalant
Afraid to see that she's lost her direction
She never stays the same for long
Assuming that she'll get it wrong
Perfect only in her imperfection

She's not a drama queen
She doesn't wanna feel this way
Only 17 and tired, yeah

She would change everything for happy ever after
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home

She's just the way she is
But no one's told her that's okay

She would change everything, everything, just ask her
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster

She would change everything for happy ever after
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home
She just needs someone to take her home

And this just sums it up beautifully.
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The Silence -- Alexandra Burke 

You lift me up
And knock me down
I'm never sure just what to feel when you're around
I speak my heart
But don't know why
Cause you don't never really say what's on you mind

It's like
I'm walking on broken glass
I wanna know but i don't wanna ask

So say you love me
Or say you need me
Don't let the silence
Do the talking
Just say you want me
Or you don't need me
Don't let the silence
Do the talking

It's killing me
(the silence)
It's killing me
(the silence)
It's killing me
(the silence)

You let me in
But then sometimes
Your empty eyes just make me feel so cold inside
When i'm with you
It's like rolling dice
Don't know where or how you're gonna make me cry

So say you love me
Or say you need me
Don't let the silence
Do the talking
Just say you want me
Or you don't need me
Don't let the silence
Do the talking

It's killing me
(the silence)
It's killing me yeah
(the silence)
Wooooo
(the silence)

It's like
I'm (i'm) walking on (walking on) broken glass
I wanna know but i don't wanna ask

'cause once you say it
You can't take it back
And this the end and please just fake it fast

So say you love me
Or say you need me
Don't let the silence (ooohhhh)
Do the talking
Just say you want me (say you want me)
Or you don't need me (but you don't want me)
Don't let the silence
Do the talking

Wooooooh
(love in silence)

You lift me up
And knock me down
I'm never sure just what to feel when you're around

And eventually I just get so tired that I give up.