Say What's On Your Mind

Song: Say What's On Your Mind

Album: Big Villain

Artist: Big Villain

Written by Toussaint Morrison

Released November 29, 2011

ref: http://bigvillain.bandcamp.com/track/say-whats-on-your-mind

My lover doesn’t seem to understand why I’ve been runnin’

She looks at me funny as if her better half had been abducted

I wanna show her the other side of the gun I’m standin’ on

And ask her where she finds the faith when there’s none to balance on

Has she felt the afternoon spiral like tracks on blues vinyl?

Paid to rent a room with a view of everything we’ve lost sight of?

Her likeness is like this, that, and this

Hot, cold, hot- on and off like jackets- Minneapolis

Or anywhere else, I’m still runnin’

They ask me where the love went and I show’em where it’s been

It’ll never be where I’m from and forever where I’m at

This island’s big enough, but I don’t wanna share my half

I want to watch it sink like the sun into the night

And spend the rest of my life backstrokin’ through the fight

Eyes on the sky, shoulder blades up,

Head first into my fate, one direction.

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Chorus

Say what’s on your mind right now…

Sounds so sweet

I let it speak through me like the FM

Found eastside love livin’ on the west end

It ain’t what it is, I’m balancin’ opposites

Holdin’ your heart and makin’ beats without droppin it

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My lover wears pretty little smiles like apparel

And when she takes’em off it’s relative to starin’ down the barrel

Nobody makes a move, but I dare to

Cos when she shoots, it’s all blanks and no arrows

“Where to?” and “Why not?” are the only questions

That deserve an answer under my circumstances

My faith sings like it dances and only plays its chances

It’s never taken classes on risk management

Understand this, we’re prologued from times when

Folks who ran were pre-destined for flyin’

Even without the wings, the halos, and the strength

Livin’ on a whim and the blood flowin’ through your veins

It’s the graffiti on my arteries and how my heart does windmills

How I burned the ballpark down except for left field

How you disappear into a hood and headphones

And carry the world the second you let it all go

Chorus

My lover rolls her eyes when I grab a pen and take

To drawin’ stars on my hand to better understand the shape

Of how many sharp turns and corners we have to make

Before a single straight away gives a moment’s coffee break

Although she looks puzzled, I give her the same look

And it works, as long as we can give it what it took

She knows the man in front of her’s gone mad gone jumpin’ first

Off the cliff, not for heights, but to swim against the current

And she’s the only thing on his mind before slumber hits the jungle

Cos’ when it feels like a dream, you have to wonder

We throw down while the others get tired

And keep the interest alive when we catch fire

You’re not somethin’ ‘til you go through somethin’

And we fight well because we don’t fight for nothin’

My lover, crazy as it gets…

I wouldn’t have it any less crazy than this

Chorus