"Keep Your Voice Low"

A melancholy song for a melancholy day. Last Christmas, Hitomi and I were apart, but we promised ourselves that we would spend the next Christmas together, and that we would do it in a city. That next Christmas is today. Not only are we not together, but we are not in a city, and I have a bone-rattling cough that kept me up all last night. 2015 has been a challenging year, and it looks like it’s not letting up on us even through the holiday season. Normally I don’t make a big deal out of New Year’s resolutions, but I hereby resolve that 2016 will be better than 2015. Much much MUCH better.

Keep Your Voice Low

© 1994 Brian Hutzell

Keep your voice low, or I might wake up

And I’m not sure I want to know what you are saying

It almost sounds as though you want to break up

Keep your voice low

I won’t hear you leaving

Your voice is soothing

And I feel you touch me

Your words are consoling

Saying you still love me

Keep your voice low

I won’t hear you lying

But not so low that you hear me crying

The sound can’t hurt me if it passes through me

My thoughts desert me

And I will soon be dreaming

A pleasant picture of us together

A fragile image, soft as a feather

Please, not a word

Do not disturb

Keep your voice low, or I might wake up

I don’t want to know what you are saying

Keep your voice low

I can hear it raining

Keep your voice low

The picture’s fading

Toby