Originally entitled Carousel, Say Something was written at a time when Larry and Tim were barely on speaking terms. It was debuted at Hamburg Grosse Freiheit on 29 April 1992 and very quickly became a fixture in James set-list.
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[Verse 1]
You're as tight as a hunter's trap
Hidden well
What are you concealing?
Poker face, carved in stone
Amongst friends, but all alone
Why do you hide?
[Chorus]
Say something, say something, anything
I've shown you everything
Give me a sign
Say something, say something, anything
Your silence is deafening
Pay me in kind
[Verse 2]
Take a drug to set you free
Strange fruit from a forbidden tree
You've got to come down soon
More than a drug is what I need
Need a change of scenery
Need a new life
[Chorus]
Say something, say something, anything
I've shown you everything
Give me a sign
Say something, say something, anything
Your silence is deafening
Pay me in kind
[Chorus]
Say something, say something, anything
I've shown you everything
Give me a sign
I'm open, wide open, wondering
Have you swallowed everything?
Pay me in kind
Say Something was written by Jim Glennie & Larry Gott & Tim Booth.
Say Something was produced by Brian Eno.
James released Say Something on Mon Sep 27 1993.