I woke the other morning from a dream and all I could remember was this song. Since then I’ve had this song playing in the background of my mind for the better part of a week, for which I can find no explanation as I didn’t actually own the or listen to the lyrics beyond the simple chorus until about an hour ago.
I like to think I always say the things I think and feel in this irritating, filter free, forward way I’ve got about me with truth, but it’s not always easy.
Some seem to always have the right words but the rest of us have a more difficult time finding words to say the things we really want to say, and some only ever feel like they accidentally find the right words at the right time.
Have you said what you need to say?
If the answer is not yes, it’s high time you get out there and say it.
If nothing is happening within the scope of the thing anyway, what’s the worst that could happen?
The best decisions of my life happened because I said what I was too shy to say anyway because the worst that could happen was nothing, which was exactly what was happening anyway.
So come on…
Say what you need to say.
Just say it.
“Say”
John Mayer, Say, 2007
Songwriter: John Mayer
Take all of your wasted honor
Every little past frustration
Take all of your so-called problems,
Better put ’em in quotations
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Say what you need to say [8x]
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Walking like a one man army
Fighting with the shadows in your head
Living out the same old moment
Knowing you’d be better off instead,
If you could only . . .
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Say what you need to say [8x]
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Have no fear for giving in
Have no fear for giving over
You’d better know that in the end
It’s better to say too much
Than never to say what you need to say again
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Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as the eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open (a wide heart)
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Say what you need to say [24x]
Originally published 28 January 2019
the kintsukuroi life 
Mr. John Mayer. He delivers in the song department. Many of us have a hard time saying what we ‘need’ to. I tended to say what I wanted, no matter what. I did learn there was a time and place, and my words should be carefully chosen. You can say what you think, but you need to be ready for the consequence of those words. I still believe we should “say what you need to say.” Great post! Great song! Great message. 💜
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say i am alone
and when i have nothing
to say
day by day
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Ditto.
My hermitage is quiet and rarely visited.
I used to converse with the birds and share their songs but even now they’re silent in my long winter.
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sometimes that is for the best.
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Truth.
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across the universe and the mountains
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across is for you.
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