Once & Not Speak

Well I might be politicOr I might just grab your handI'm not selfish with my storyI just want something, understandOh, this world is not for grievingIt's not grieving for my cryAnd I hate this growl insideAnd you better believe it when I tell youThat it's all growingUntill you learn to trustWell this wash it wasn't easyNo this wash just doesn't dreamIt just makes the whole thing cluttered, yesAnd when you've seen the sights it's best to screamI'm not stolen from the soulessI'm just driven to the whiteSo, you really ought to catch me nowYou really ought to join the fightAnd if I tell you all my secretsThat you ever wanted to hear - it'sOnce and not speakOnce and not speakOnce and not speakWell, no one wants to play thisWell, no one likes the darkAnd we just checked in for higher loveWell, that's another - you like sparksWell, I'll fly across the eveningLeast, I'll smile across the hall to youBut it better not be fascinateIt beter just be wall-to-wallAnd if I tell you all my secretsThat you ever wanted to hear - it'sOnce and not speakOnce and not speakOnce and not speakWell, I'm the tired recluse, yesAnd I'm tired of this courtyradAnd every grateful day's the herdlineWell, the crafty were just leavingThey've forgotten how to talkAnd that slither through the eveningWas just another kind of walk with meWell, I'll tell you what you wantedLeat I'll stunt you with my graceAnd I know it's all so easyBut I just want to find your faceAnd if I tell you all my secretsThat you ever wanted to hear - it'sOnce and not speakOnce and not speakOnce and not speak