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"Say the Words" - NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2025 - Shiny Shiny Black
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Shiny Shiny Black
Shiny Shiny Black
Performer
Nathan A. Butler
Nathan A. Butler
Lead Vocals
Amber D. Butler
Amber D. Butler
Lead Vocals
Simon K. Hurst
Simon K. Hurst
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nathan A. Butler
Nathan A. Butler
Songwriter
Amber D. Butler
Amber D. Butler
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Nathan A. Butler
Nathan A. Butler
Co-Producer
Amber D. Butler
Amber D. Butler
Co-Producer

Lyrics

What you’ve got I’d like to see
Open your hands, tell me your story
Where did you find that stone you’re holding?
A stone for touching or for throwing?
I’d like to peer inside your head
Or maybe you could just tell me
I’d like to peer inside your head
Or maybe you could just tell me
Don't surrender to the sadness
say the words you can’t leave out
for a future we can write about
I'm always trying to get away with it
Bury my fears and hide my shame
Where’d the power go?
All the lights are out
And this rage is sprouting up
and we keep on losing love
with no vision for the future
we are tearing the present down
I’d like to peer inside your head
Or maybe you could just tell me
I’d like to peer inside your head
Or maybe you could just tell me
Don't surrender to the sadness
say the words you can’t leave out
for a future we can write about
Like a bird
Go fast, land softly
Through the winter
Lay your head down, lay your head down on me
And we’re leaving all this madness
open up and look around
the change is quite profound
Don't surrender to the sadness
say the words you can’t leave out
for a future we can write about
Don't surrender to the sadness
 The madness
Say the words you can’t leave out
 Oh the words you can't leave out
for a future we can write about
Written by: Amber D. Butler, Nathan A. Butler

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