The Song Inside the Song (Honey In My Hand)

9 weeks ago by @newukenewyork

Liner Notes

“The Song Inside the Song (Honey In My Hand)” - #fawm 50/90 2024 song 13

Now with video demo !

These lyrics are from last year’s 50/90 but only got chords and a melody this morning. I don’t often write about writing but these lyrics came to me for whatever reason, and I thought others might be able to relate for obvious reasons. 😉

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Lyrics

There’s underneath, inside of me, a stream
Sometimes I dip in, sometimes it’s like steam
The words that sink, the words that float
The ones that flee the sieve or stick inside my throat

If something lands, if it expands
I might find I have honey in my hand

What’s humming here takes guts and grit, I find,
Turning in circles trying not to mind
If I go on too long, if I sing the damn thing wrong
Asking to come upon the song inside the song

Sifting through the pages that I keep
Dredging up the dreams that come outside of sleep
What I can tend, try not to turn away
To shift into a melody the ones who’ll play

The warm air rises, so my breath
Is in and out and all that I have left

CHORUS

We’re all the onions, peeled and peeling
All the chefs, trimming and weeping
All the penitents found kneeling
Treasurers in charge of keeping

Where I am going, I don’t know
I think the sharing’s half the distance, though

CHORUS

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