Dead Serious: Knock, knock.::The Interviewer: Great. Who's there?::Dead Serious: Vanilla Ice.::The Interviewer: Vanilla Ice who?::Dead Serious: ...exactly.
Dead Serious: Right here is where I got shot the first time.::The Interviewer: How old were you?::Dead Serious: Four.
Dead Serious: Life is like a big piece of pie. Don't get mad at me because I only eat the crust.
The Interviewer: It's not my fault if their shortcomings are popping up all over the place.
The Interviewer: Really. You call it a poetry movement, but you should be calling it a bowel movement because it's crap.
3rio 2: 'Cause that's how we met. We were in a coffee shop. I ordered a bran muffin...::3rio 1: -And I ordered a muffin with bran.
The Trainer: They come in here with their annunciating, and their breathing from the diaphragm... you know that's crap.
The Interviewer: To what do you attribute their success?::Club Manager: Well, you know, if you wanted to, to, you know, examine their success, um, if you wanna like really figure, you know what? I don't know.
Speak: This cat was selling out coffee shops and basements all over the world.
Speak is a 2004 American independent film based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Laurie Halse Anderson. It stars a then 13-year-old Kristen Stewart as Melinda Sordino, a high school freshman who practically stops talking after being raped by a senior student. The film is told through Melinda's eyes and is wrought with her sardonic humor and blunt honesty. It was broadcast on Showtime and Lifetime in 2005.
Melinda Sordino (Kristen Stewart) starts out her freshman year in high school being labeled a "squealer" for calling the police to a house party the previous summer at Kyle Rodger's, the brother of Randi Rodger (Caitlyn Folley). Her real reason for calling 9-1-1 was that she was raped at the party by a senior, Andy Evans (Eric Lively).
Melinda has been so traumatized by her rape that she cannot find the words to tell anybody what happened to her and becomes mute. Melinda is shunned by her friends from 8th grade, Nicole (Tyanna Rolley), Ivy (Megan Pillar), her best friend Rachel Bruin (Hallee Hirsh), and is forced to deal with social rejection.
inhuman and stupid
the idiot crawls
into a crack
and eats his food
a diet of pain
he completely ignores
closing his mouth
he closes his mind
he talks to himself and listens
and says:
speak
talk to me in my sleep [x2]
walk me to the corner and strike a match
put it on my toungue
(Geoff Tate/Michael Wilton)
They've given me a mission
I don't really know the game yet
I'm bent on submission
Religion is to blame
I'm the new messiah
Death angel with gun
Dangerous in my silence
Deadly to my cause
CHORUS
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak the word
The word is all of us
I've given my life to become what I am
to preach the new beginning
To make you understand
To reach some point of order
Utopia in mind, you've got to learn
To sacrifice, to leave what's now behind
CHORUS
Seven years of power
the corporation claw
The rich control the government, the media the law
To make some kind of difference
Then everyone must know
Eradicate the fascists, revolution will grow
The system we learn says we're equal under law
But the streets are reality, the weak and poor will fall
Let's tip the power balance and tear down the crown
Educate the masses, we'll burn the White House down
CHORUS
the time has come for me to speak
uh oh the time has come
and while the silence picks on me
I pray to not be dumb
so I am hunting for the words
just wait til I find some
I need some syllables do you
know where to get them from
when I am in my house alone
my speeches take a week
but from my lips when you are near
a sound will seldom leakwhen I was a little girl
I coined a mighty text
looking back I blush to hear
what I'd come out with next
is now the time for me to speak
but what if they talk back
o when I open up my beak
I hope that I can quack
and if I do look out beware
the truth is hard to take
A and everything for all I care
can jump into a lake
Whenever I feel like it's all in my mind
I can feel it
I'm talking to myself again
Whenever I hear you its so hard to find
I can feel it
I'm talking to myself again
Whenever I feel like (I can feel)
It's all (I can feel) in my mind
Whenever I hear you (I can feel)
Its so hard to find (I can feel)
Wrap your wrists when you wanna through
And ya
Pop in a clip when you wanna drop
But man make sure that the caskets' closed
So whatcha gonna say
Speak to me
Whenever oh I feel inside
Sometimes (I can feel)
I can feel
Wrap your wrists when you wanna through
And ya
Pop in a clip when you wanna drop
But man make sure that the caskets' closed
Wrap your wrists when you wanna through
And ya
Pop in a clip when you wanna drop
But man make sure that the caskets' closed
So whatcha gonna say
Speak to me
So whatcha gonna say
Free, you better love me
And hide or run away
From all your yesterdays
Speak the truth or make your peace some other way, oh yea, yea
Well I never knew, but I believe that your trust in me
Will speak to me!
And way beyond your controlling mind (mind)
And no more believing in all your precious lies
Speak the truth or make your peace some other way, oh yea, yea
Well I never knew, but I believe that your trust in me
Will speak to me!
Speak the truth or make your peace some other way, oh yea, yea, yea
Well I never knew, but I believe that your trust in me
Will speak to me!
Speak the truth or make your peace some other way, oh yea, yea
Well I never knew, but I believe that your trust in me
Will speak to me!
Speak the truth or make your peace some other way, oh yea, yea
Well I never knew, but I believe that your trust in me
Will speak to me!
Speak
Speak
Speak
Speak
Speak, vision of the night,
Tell me why you haunt me so.
Speak, heaven morning light,
Whisper all my heart would know.
Dawn, ever finds you gone
Back to where the shadows dwell.
Speak, my beloved, speak,
Tho' you only say farewell.
When doubts and fears cause their tears that blind me,
Why be down if you've come to find me?
Speak to me and I'll follow,
Leaving all the world behind me.
Can those eyes, calm and wise, deceive me?
While I still know the thrill of your
Mystic shade, dare fade and leave me,
Arms high and low.
Speak, vision of the night,
Tell me why you haunt me so.
Speak, heaven morning light,
Whisper all my heart would know.
Dawn, ever finds you gone
Back to where the shadows dwell.
Speak, my beloved, speak,
Tho' you only say farewell.
Speak! speak!
Well I sat down next to a photograph
tried my best almost made her laugh
she was my toughest crowd
there in the way was a mountain up in the
clouds
well I can't sleep and I'm not in love
I can't speak without messing up
eyes tell of what's behind
and hers showed the way to a long and a lonely climb
but through failure I'll proceed
and she'll see how far I've come
chorus:
And it's you and me in the sun and sea
I'll offer my arm to yours
it seems to me no mystery
it isn't so I'll try hard to speak
well I sat down next to a living hell
tried my best until I struck out
movement is not mine
I stood in the way
pretending that I was the vine
but no failure will proceed
from a mouth that drinks its wine
chorus: and it's not me not my sanctity
these aren't my words to you
it's all clear when it's not from here
Speak speak speak your heart flow
Everybody's got a point of view
And the right to their own opinion
So don't be scared of what I'm gonna do
When you let me know your intuition
So what makes you think
That I won't get it
So what makes you think that
I won't get your love tonight
Speak come on and let it out
Give it to me you know that I can take it
Speak because the more you say the more I'm at ease
Come on don't keep me waiting now
I don't wanna guess, not a test, tell me what your thinking
Keep it real, no big deal
Tell me what your dreaming
Speak let it out... Breathe
Speak uh straight from your heart
It cant be wrong it can only be right
Just show me what you are feeling
You'll be surprised that how easy it is
Just open up its so healing
So what makes you think that I won't get it
So what makes you think that I won't get your love tonight.
Speak uh straight from your heart
You gotta let it out
C'mon and let it out
C'mon and let it out..
(Speak) Because the more you say the more I'm at ease
(C'mon and let it out
C'mon and let it out
Don't wanna guess, not a test, tell me what you're thinkin'
(dont keep me waiting)
Keep it real, no big deal, tell me what you're dreamin'
Speak
Let it out... Breathe
Speak
C'mon and let it out
Give it to me (give it to me)
You know that I can take it
(give it to me)
Be (Be)
Because the more you say the more I'm at ease
C'mon don't keep me waiting now
Don't wanna guess, not a test, tell me what you're thinkin'
(tell me what you're thinkin')
Keep it real, no big deal, tell me what you're dreamin'
(tell me what you're dreamin)
Speak
Let it out
Lovers, beg your forgiveness right now.
Fathers, speak to your kids, right now.
To the prince, to the king, to the fathers of the free, beg for your workers, and pray to god for me.
Bleeding hearts meet bleeding crowns.
All hope, is only around, right now.
We mostly keep to ourselves 'round here
No sense rockin' the boat 'round here
We watch you dance into hell 'round here
It's time we speak His mind 'round here
Oh, so open your mouth, open it wide
Quit singing songs for a minute tonight
You can love with your hands, you can love with your deeds
How will they know if they know if we don't even speak?
We are the social workers, and we'll put springs on your car
We'll make your ride so smooth, yes we will
That you'll forget where you are
Don't forget where you are
So open your mouth, open it wide
Quit singing songs for a minute tonight
You can love with your hands, you can love with your deeds
How will they know if we won't even speak?
Cause I'm getting sick and I'm getting tired
I'm not even hearing us preach to the choir
So open your mouth, open it wide
Quit singing songs for a minute tonight
You can love with your hands, you can love with your deeds
How will they know if we won't even speak?
Open your mouth, open it wide
Quit singing songs for a minute tonight
You can love with your hands, you can love with your deeds
Speak in turn, make time for me. Speak in turn, make time for me. I put a dime
into a well to wish for diamonds. When I fell I saw you laughing down. "She
breaks real diamonds with her teeth," he said. And I, in disbelief, gave her some
glass instead. Before kids came kid-dinosaurs who shopped in diamond candy
how can i speak?
you've taken all the words
nothing to say
when you know you can't be heard
and silence isn't golden, it's absurd
but you won't give me the words
how can i live?
you've taken all the ways
nothing to do
just filling up the days
and this is not a role i choose to play
but i don't have a say
push me down but don't complain
May the words you speak
mean nothing to me
Mean nothing at all
so I won't feel the pain
And you do not understand,
it's here in my heart
it's here that I cry.
Don't you go away
You can't deny it
And you speak in such a way
that it doesn't faze you
Well, it fazes me
Are you scared of me?
(musical interlude)
Speak only to me and
don't hear my words
Don't see me anymore
Just try, see through my past
If only you'd let me.
Just give me a chance
Let me endure to the end
The frozen ground
Im underwater and I cant break though to you
blurry vision and I cant hear a thing anyway
Why do I try so hard to speak to you?
When do you fall down,
Cause I cant push anymore
I dont have the strength to take you down.
The smoke and glass
Its getting hotter and I cant see through to you
Wrapped in collision
And I cant feel a thing anyway
why do I try so hard to speak to you?
Do you feel free?
Or do you feel weak?
Do you have the strength to take
ahold of your life and dreams?
When do you fall down,
Cause I cant push anymore
From the whisper of the lover to the lion's roar
The command of the commander upon the field of war
The instruction of the father, the laughter of the friend
I've heard every utterance and I can't comprehend
Just why I can't decide, I can't make the choice
Is it Your word that I'm in love with
Or the sound of Your voice?
Oh speak, speak to me
Oh speak, speak to me
I'm as quiet as I can be
So speak, speak to me
From the Spirit on the water to the splitting of the sea
The beauty of Your form upon a raging Galilee
The cloud that filled the temple, the fire on desert sand
I've seen every step and still don't understand
Why I can't render a decision, I can't seem to choose
Is it Your journey I'm in love with
Or just the way You move?
I love the way You speak
In what You say and what You do
Give me ears so I can hear You
I need to hear You
From the burning of the bush that refused to be consumed
To the Spirit on a shepherd boy that ran through every tune
The terror of the King who carries vengeance in His hand
The love of the Messiah dying quiet as a lamb
I shall have -what I decree.
Yes, I believe it belongs to me. [x2]
So, I'm going to speak into the atmosphere.
Speak into the atmosphere
I shall have -what I decree.
Yes, I believe it belongs to me. [x2]
So, I'm going to speak into the atmosphere.
Speak into the atmosphere
Speak into the atmosphere
Speak into the atmosphere
[Leader:] Whatever it is - Just speak it
Speak it [x8]
[Leader:] Open Up Your Mouth and [x3]
Declare it [x8]
It's Mine [x8]
[Leader:] Healing -Deliverance-It is mine -it is- Say Yeah
Yeah [x8]
[Leader:]
Do you Believe it-Do you receive it-You shall have it
You shall... have it.-You shall... You Shall
Speak [x7]
[Leader:]
Over your home -over your finances-over your health you shall... you shall...
Speak into the atmosphere
Speak into the atmosphere
I shall have -what I decree.
Yes, I believe it belongs to me.
So, I'm going to speak into the atmosphere.
Speak into the atmosphere
From the whisper of the lover to the lion's roar
The command of the commander upon the field of war
The instruction of the father, the laughter of the friend
I've heard every utterance and I can't comprehend
Just why I can't decide, I can't make a choice
Is it Your word that I'm in love with
Or the sound of Your voice?
So speak, speak to me
Oh speak, speak to me
I'm as quiet as I can be
So speak, speak to me
From the Spirit on the water to the splitting of the sea
The beauty of Your form upon a raging Galilee
The cloud that filled the temple, the fire on desert sand
I've seen every step and still don't understand
Why I can't render a decision, I can't seem to choose
Is it Your journey I'm in love with
Or just the way You move?
Whoa, speak, speak to me
Oh speak, speak to me
I'm as quiet as I can be
So speak, speak to me
I love the way You speak
In what You say and what You do
Give me ears so I can hear You
I need to hear You
From the burning of the bush that refused to be consumed
To the Spirit on a shepherd boy that ran through every tune
The terror of the King who carries vengeance in His hand
The love of the Messiah dying quiet as a lamb
Whoa, speak, speak to me
Oh speak, speak to me
I'm as quiet as I can be
The summer months were not enough
To clear the shadows from your eyes
But then, a breath from far above
Brought the dust away from mine:
I wanted you to make me whole
A dream no mortal man can say
The degradation of my soul
Bid your faith in me away.
Epiphanies in short supply
Belated now, but not in vain
They rid me of the steady lie
That you were all I had to gain.
Completion brings upon my pen
A calm that I have never known
To hold aloft a clearer lens
And show you all that you have sown.
So tell of all that you can see
Of every season through and through
And when I use my mouth to speak
I will only speak of you.
I will only speak of you.
Thirteen...
Thirteen months.
All Lyrics © 2009 He Who Never (Aaron Rosell)
Say what you want about Elvis
Call him the king
It's one thing to die for a people
And another just to sing
Say that the devil's a genius
And be marked for the kill
Say what you want about Yahweh
And He'll love you still
Say what you want
Pray to God
Say that as long as you don't inhale
You can take your little toke
Say that there ought to be a sin tax
Then we're all going broke
You can say that there ought to be a judgment
And someone's gonna pay
And hope that there's nobody listening
To all the things that you say
The time has come for me to speak
Uh, oh the time has come
And while the silence picks on me
I pray not be dumb
So I am hunting for the words
Just wait 'til I find some
I need some syllables do you
Know where to get them from?
When I am in my house alone
My speeches take a week
But from my lips when you are near
A sound will seldom leak
When I was a little girl
I coined a mighty text
Looking back I blush to hear
What I'd come out with next
It's now the time for me to speak
But what if they talk back
Oh when I open up my beak
Let's hope that I can quack
And if I do look out, beware
The truth is hard to take
And everything for all I care
Can jump into a lake, yeah
It's now the time for me to speak
But what if they talk back
Oh when I open up my beak