Matilda - Quiet

Have you ever wondered, well I have
About how when I say red, for example,
There’s no way of knowing if red
Means the same thing in your head
As red means in my head
When someone says red

And how if we are travelling
At almost the speed of light
And we’re holding a light
The light will still travel away from us
At the speed of light
Which seems right in a way

What I’m trying to say
I don’t know, but I think that inside my head
I’m just a bit different from all of my friends
The answers that come into my mind unbidden
And stories delivered to me fully written

When everyone shouts - they seem to like shouting
The noise in my head is incredibly loud
And I wish they would stop, my dad and my mum
And the telly and stories would stop just for once

I’m sorry, I don’t think I’m explaining it right
The noise becomes anger, the anger becomes light
And the burning inside me would usually fade
But it isn’t today
With the heat and the shouting
My heart is pounding, and my eyes are burning
And suddenly everything, everything is

Quiet
Like silence but not really silent
Just that still kind of quiet
Like the sound of a page being turned in a book
Or a pause on a walk in the woods

Quiet
Like silence but not really silent
Just that still kind of quiet
Like the sound when you lie upside down on your bed
The sound of your heart in your head

And though the people around me
Their mouths are still moving
The words they are forming
Cannot reach me anymore

And it is quiet
And I am warm
Like I’ve sailed
Into the eye of the storm

(Source: mydustlandfairytale)

Matilda - School Song

So you think you’re able to survive this mess by being a prince or a princess, you will soon see, there’s no escaping tragedy. And even if you put in heaps of effort, you’re just wasting energy, cos your life as you know it is ancient history. I have suffered in this jail, I’ve been trapped inside this cage for ages, this living hell. But if I try I can remember, back before my life had ended, before my happy days were over, before I first heard the peeling of the bell. Like you I was curious, so innocent I asked a thousand questions but unless you want to suffer listen up and I will teach you a thing or two. You listen here, my dear, you’ll be punished so severely if you step out of line and if you cry it will be double, you should stay out of trouble and remember to be extremely careful. Why? Why? Did you hear what he said? Just you wait for Phys. Ed.

So you think you’re A-ble
to survive this mess by B-ing
a prince or a princess, you will soon C,
there’s no escaping trage-D. 
And E-ven 
if you put in heaps of F-ort, 
you’re just wasting ener-G, 
cos your life as you know it is H-cient history. 
I have suffered in this J-ail, 
I’ve been trapped inside this K-ge for ages, 
this living h-L. 
But if I try I can rem-M-ber, 
back before my life had N-ded, 
before my happy days were O-ver, 
before I first heard the P-ling of the bell. 
Like you I was Q-rious, 
so innocent I R-sked a thousand questions 
but unl-S you want to suffer listen up and 
I will T-ch you a thing or two. 
U listen here, my dear, 
you’ll be punished so se-V-rely if you step out of line
and if you cry it will be W should stay out of trouble 
and remember to be X-tremely careful. 

Y? 

Why? Did you hear what he said?
Just you wait for Phy-Z

(Source: mydustlandfairytale)