"ALL I WANT" TOAD THE WET SPROCKET (1991)

I generally gravitate to the music first before the lyrics. But as a writer, I still marvel at well-spun verses and choruses. This month, I’m joining the music Twitter community in #31DaySongLyricChallenge

Day 14

As I continue to highlight some of my favorite song lyrics this month, I feel inevitably drawn to songs that I often sing along to. Because they just might be the songs with the most powerful lyrics. In 1991, Toad The Wet Sprocket released Fear, an album where I wasn’t just a listener. I was invited in as a participant. The lyrics of “All I Want” are invigorating and liberating with every syllable from the first verse to the end chorus.

“Nothing's so loud as hearing when we lie. The truth is not kind. And you've said neither am I. But the air outside so soft is saying everything. Everything.”