Don't Say A Word - Phantom Limb
Don't Say A Word
Don't say a word
For I've already heard
It feels so good
But don't feel like it should
So don't say a word
Cos I've already heard
You are sweetness and charm
Without loving arms.
You are a soldier
Swimming up-stream
You are a shoulder
On which I should lean.
From what I can remember
You always looked keen
With the shimmer of the last
Fallin' light summer rain.
Don't say a word
For I've already heard
It feels so good
But don't feel like it should
So don't say a word
Cos I've already heard
You are sweetness and charm
Without loving arms.
You are the proud one,
Looking at me
Softly in the eyes
And rosy your cheeks
From what I can remember
You were never lame
Just a haze and a memory
And a distant pray.
Don't say a word
For I've already heard
It feels so good
But don't feel like it should
So don't say a word
Cos I've already heard
You are sweetness and charm
Without loving arms.
Don't say a word
Don't say a word
All I need is you love
Don't say a word
Don't say a word
For I've already heard
It feels so good
But don't feel like it should
So don't say a word
Cos I've already heard
You are sweetness and charm
Without loving arms.
Someone asked about this song and its lyric yesterday. Given this evening's frustration with posting images, etc. a bit of ab initio lyric-divining seemed quite an attractive alternative. The above is what I think the lyric is. I have listened to the album version many times - including several times just now - and also seen the band live on three occasions too. There may be variations, not least because of inaccuracies of transcription on my part, but also in live performances. If you get a chance to see Phantom Limb live then take it!
The new studio album is much awaited (the above is from their first, the self-titled Phantom Limb) and there is also a live album, recorded in their home city of Bristol in 2009. Another outstanding track from this album, never more so than when performed live, is 'Withering Bones'; I might well add the lyric for that tomorrow.
Swimming up-stream
You are a shoulder
On which I should lean.
From what I can remember
You always looked keen
With the shimmer of the last
Fallin' light summer rain.
Don't say a word
For I've already heard
It feels so good
But don't feel like it should
So don't say a word
Cos I've already heard
You are sweetness and charm
Without loving arms.
You are the proud one,
Looking at me
Softly in the eyes
And rosy your cheeks
From what I can remember
You were never lame
Just a haze and a memory
And a distant pray.
Don't say a word
For I've already heard
It feels so good
But don't feel like it should
So don't say a word
Cos I've already heard
You are sweetness and charm
Without loving arms.
Don't say a word
Don't say a word
All I need is you love
Don't say a word
Don't say a word
For I've already heard
It feels so good
But don't feel like it should
So don't say a word
Cos I've already heard
You are sweetness and charm
Without loving arms.
Someone asked about this song and its lyric yesterday. Given this evening's frustration with posting images, etc. a bit of ab initio lyric-divining seemed quite an attractive alternative. The above is what I think the lyric is. I have listened to the album version many times - including several times just now - and also seen the band live on three occasions too. There may be variations, not least because of inaccuracies of transcription on my part, but also in live performances. If you get a chance to see Phantom Limb live then take it!
The new studio album is much awaited (the above is from their first, the self-titled Phantom Limb) and there is also a live album, recorded in their home city of Bristol in 2009. Another outstanding track from this album, never more so than when performed live, is 'Withering Bones'; I might well add the lyric for that tomorrow.
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