Yard Act – Talky Talky People Lyrics

Talky Talky People – Yard Act Lyrics

When I was young I was totally wired

Now I'm getting on I'm only tired

For the world wins in stripping away

What's really under your skin when you're old and grey

You play two strings at the same time

One is real, the other's in your mind

I'm trying to mine

What is left of my soul but it's getting harder to find

Talky talky people

Talky talky people

Talky talky people

Talky talky people, they never listen

They always want you to know what they are telling you

Me?

I am a spy on a secret mission

Keep my ear to the ground, I know a thing or two

And I could fill a room with all this wisdom

Yeah, I could clear a room with all this wisdom

Yeah, I could kill your mood with all this wisdom

A soapbox, a soapbox, a soapbox for my kingdom

Talky talky people

Talky talky people

Talky talky people

Do you wanna be tired and bitter?

Or tired and kind

One fits better

The other is

Harder to find

Talky talky people

Talky talky people

Talky talky people

Talky talky people

Talky talky people

Talky talky people

Talky talky people

Your body aches as you snake around another great bend

With every turn you take

Maybe you'll make a new friend

Break bread with them

Some transcend friendship

They slip between the sheets to shake your dreams a while

To carry flames that burn so bright you know they'll scar before they end

And as you hurtle toward that cliff face looming above the Pacific Ocean

The perception persists, as the hairs on the back of your neck stand to attention at the thought of the very notion

Do not erase those first takes

Commit to tape those embryonic states

Embrace the change that raw pain may at first disguise

Your whole life flashes before your eyes

Foot to the pedal

Full horsepower to the fore

Because if all of this was a mistake

Then what a beautiful mistake to endure

What a beautiful mistake to endure

Wash me in the waters that they use to mop the floor

Here I stand reborn, complete

Complete

Complete

And unpure

Sshh, silence