Empty words, conversations painting lies, and scratches left upon our desks. Our smiles grow rough.
A prison the adults prepared for us. When I reach my hand up to the dark sky,
You slip away.
Prying open your downcast eyes, I say, “Look this way!”
Unrequited feelings burn deep, staining our footprints.
So send them all flying, far into the sky!
Yell out your song!
Pour out the melody within you: all your love, hopes, and lies.
Yell it out, let it resound! Hide your heart and fall down here with me.
Grasp your heart, the sounds. Blocked throat, covered eyes.
Swim through eternity, young girl… through my very own lie!
Slipping out of the classroom, I run barefoot. Slicing through the wind, my rhythm coils.
Alone on the roof, I reach out my hand, feeling the heat of the chain link fence—
Just enough heat to melt you away.
Pinning down my uncertain lips, I’m wanting to whisper, “Look only at me!”
Incommunicable feelings sting deep, shaking our footing.
So let it all out, viciously!
I’ll yell
And the memories within me will overflow: my past, future, and lies.
So yell it out, pray for it! Let your tears dry, then start running.
Sand beneath your feet, voices flapping their wings. Swallowed up by the waves, all the sounds and me.
Let me hear it.
The tones lurk inside my uniform as I look up to a manufactured sky.
So shed this smouldering world—
Break away and let your sound be heard!
Sing for your own sake, and nothing else!
Yell out your song!
Embrace the reality within you as you proceed: your present, pains, and lies.
Yell it out, let it resound! Hide your heart and fall down here with me.
Grasp your heart, the sounds. Blocked throat, covered eyes.
Swim through eternity, young girl… onward toward the true lie!
You must keep singing! Then someday, eventually, you’ll become my melody…
Strum out the sounds! Let your voice ring out! Hide your heart!