Secrets You Release

Here's my latest. Will we get it onto the CD that we head into the studio to record in just a couple weeks? Who knows. I hope so, but studio spontenaity is a hard thing to assure, and this song is awfully young still...

Intro (inst. chorus)

we were kicking back on the couch in Tom's backyard
flicking bottle caps against the fence
Tom got up to round 'em up, and shot me with a glance
And asked me if my wife still got me hard
I sputtered out my PBR and Tom apologized
But anyone could read the trouble written in that line

Tom told me I had to swear I'd never breathe a word
That what he had to say was dynamite
Since he and I had long been strong I said that's alright
Made me proud he trusted me so well
And when he laid his burden down right on top of me
I became another fool in his sad conspiracy

chorus:
The secrets that you keep
may steal your sleep and never give you peace
But they won't cut as cruel and they will not cut as deep
As the secrets you release

When Tom had finished spilling out all he had bottled in
I listened to the crickets as I stared out toward the fence
Later when his wife came out I couldn't meet her eyes
I wondered if I ever would again
now is that any way to treat a friend?

bridge:
When you lie to keep it in
Piling sin on top of sin
And you dig yourself a hole
Way too deep to tunnel out
Its a solitary fate
but you'll have to bear the weight
Of a lifetime keeping quiet
Its a lot to think about