Two Way Monologue Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Ma, all the other options that you had in mind starve me
Cause I'm optionless and turkey-free and blind
Pa, won't you listen and I'll let you in on this
Blind me, won't you listen, I'll reduce advice to dust
Oh no, I shouldn't have to spell my name
Ma, if it's worth the made up smiles, the quiet fights
Oh mother, it is hard not to look in the mirror's eye
I have come to this while you have come along
So it's alright if you change your mind the other way around again
I shouldn't have to spell my name

[Chorus]
So start the two way monologues that speak your mind
We're talking two way monologues with words that rhyme


[Verse 2]
We can't reclaim the shirts we threw away last twirl
Uncurl the note-in-pocket, personal brochures that dust
Machine-washed, that's how paper rusts
Days you spend wanting some of Michael Landon's grace
Strike back, now they shape your life as stony as his face
Oh no, I shouldn't have to spell his name

[Chorus]
So start the two way monologues that speak your mind
We're talking two way monologues with words that rhyme
So start the two way monologues that speak your mind
We're talking two way monologues

[Bridge]
We were chasing rabbits on the hill
And that prairie-life was great, but never real

Cause we never saw no rabbits out there, ever, no, not once
All we did was put a fire up and watch it burn for months
And I miss the sound of stairs and walls and maladjusted doors
And too little space for holding all the soldiers and the war

[Chorus]
Start the two way monologues that speak your mind
Start the two way monologues that speak your mind
We're talking two way monologues

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The title track and lead single for Lerche’s sophomore album.

“Two Way Monologue” is a pop song boasting a catchy chorus, but with a fairly sophisticated verse structure, eschewing the straightforward rhyming schemes that defined his debut Faces Down.

According to Lerche himself:

[W]ith “Two Way Monologue”, I wanted it to be that kind of epic structure. Plus I felt the chorus was strong enough that I could go anywhere, I could add all these new elements and melodies but always come back to that chorus. I was really trying to push the limits of how many different detours you could take within a pop song and still not lose the momentum.

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Release Date
February 9, 2004
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