The Song Fight Bulletin Board

SEMIPRECIOUS
Mandibles

This is the voice inside your head...

V1
You always try your hardest
You play the starving artist
Next show, next song,
Your big break will come along
But you were wrong

PRE
Self doubt in every crevice
Your fingers feeling restless
Your lyrics getting reckless
You’re only semiprecious

V2
You play to half full houses
That echo lackluster applause
And no one buys your merch
You’re going broke
You’re such a joke

Pre

CHORUS
You’re only semiprecious
Well set with perfect facets
You’re only semiprecious
Loud rocks in seven karats

V3
They told you you were special
Unique on every level
Your praises raising,
They went on and on
But they were wrong

CHORUS

Bridge
My words wrap ribbons ‘round your mind
And soon you’re thinking them in kind
Your mind is mine and in your head
I fill my wond’rings with your dread
My words wrap ribbons ‘round your mind
And soon you’re thinking them in kind
Your mind is mine, your mind is mine and in your
head I fill my wond’rings with your dread

CHORUS

You’re not a diamond
You’re nice to look at, you’re something fine
But nothing priceless, nothing to mine
You got some polish but it’s not enough
These other acts are just better in the rough

Ever Kenievel

You found me when I was so hopeless
Propped me up onto my feet
But time went by and summer's over
It isn't what it used to be

You're only
You're only
You're only semi semi
You're only semi semi precious to me baby

Scars on my arms, I needed someone to give me
The love I could not give myself
But time went by and now I'm longing
To give my love to someone else

You're only
You're only
You're only semi semi
You're only semi semi precious to me baby

In certain fleeting moments
I think you felt it too
But neither of us spoke it
Content with what we knew
And it was always tarnished
This ring it never gleamed
Now fated to a drawer:
A promise unredeemed

You're only
You're only
You're only semi semi
You're only semi semi precious to me baby

Semiprecious by
Boffo Yux Dudes

Half of what you say
Is beautiful to me

You’re beautiful to be with
But only half the time
You shine like a dark jewel
Dangerous but still sublime

Half of what you say
Is beautiful to me
But half of what you say
Is only part of what I see

You’re beautiful to be with
Shine like a million watts
Until I see the darkness come
Then suddenly you’re not

Half of what you say
Is beautiful to me
But half of what you say
Is only part of what I see

Like a spider spinning lies
The stories that you weave
Put me in your honeyed trap
I don’t know what to believe

(Middle break)

You’re semi precious (semi precious)
Semi precious (semi precious)
You’re almost precious,
(semi precious)
a supernova light.
You’re almost precious,
(semi precious)
but really just not quite.

Final Choruses: repeat ad infinitum, adding counterpart harmonies:

Half of what you say
Is beautiful to me
But half of what you say
Is only part of what I see

Like a spider spinning lies
The stories that you weave
Put me in your honeyed trap
I don’t know what to believe