#When you say nothing at all

[oneawkwardcookie]

All day long I can hear people talking out loud But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd Try as they may they could never define What's been said between your heart and mine

A belated birthday present for @yawningmicrobe 💜💜💜

[jokerislandgirl32]

Ziolet Songs: Day Twelve

Day 12: When You Say Nothing At All

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart Without saying a word, you can light up the dark Try as I may, I could never explain What I hear when you don't say a thing

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall You say it best when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking aloud But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd Old Mr. Webster could never define What's being said between your heart and mine

This is one of my all time favorite songs, I’ve longed to have a love like this, and I do have it with Zach. My father and I will sing it together, our voices actually blend so well together on this particular song, so that’s part of the inspiration for this piece. And the song itself…Zach and Violet have an unspoken bond between them that no one or anything can break.

A fic excerpt is below the cut, the only trigger warnings are past character death, angsty feelings, and references to traumatic experiences.

“I don’t wanna talk about it…” I whisper as Zach sits down on the edge of my bed. I sigh looking up at him, then I close my eyes. I wait to hear Zach’s protests, his voice telling me I needed to talk about it, but he remains silent, the only noise in the room is our breathing and the radio playing softly in the background, I’m listening to a fuzzy country station. I know Zach hates country music, but he doesn’t even protest against it.

He does nothing more than gently caress my cheek as the song playing ends and a new one begins. One I used to sing with my father. I start crying then, the weight of everything crashing down on me, I didn’t want to be going through all this, I just wanted to go back to being a kid, back before my parents died and when I felt…normal.

“My dad and I used to sing this together, it was his favorite song…my mom and him danced to it at their wedding…” I murmur through my tears, “I miss them…I miss being with them…I need them now…”

Zach gives me a weak yet warm smile as he lays down next to me, gathering me into his arms, he still remains silent, just letting me talk. He leans his forehead against mine, looking deep into my eyes, his gaze telling me he cared about me, that he loved me and needed me, and he’d do everything in his power to never let anything bad happen to me again: it told me I was his everything; his one and only person.

The radio continues playing in the background, I’m reminded of singing the song with my father, of the way he sang it and looked at my mother…it was the way Zach was looking at me: “You say it best when you say nothing at all…”

[ms-cornucopia]

Art by retroflairprints

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: September 27, 1994

Lyrics:

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart

Without saying a word, you can light up the dark

Try as I may I could never explain

What I hear when you don't say a thing

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me

The touch of our hands say you'll catch me if ever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking aloud

But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd

Old Mr. Webster could never define

What's being said between your heart and mine

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me

The touch of our hands say you'll catch me if ever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

Songwriter:

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me

The touch of our hands say you'll catch me if ever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

Paul Overstreet / Don Schlitz

SongFacts:

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[ifelllikeastar]

Keith Whitley attended Sandy Hook High School in Kentucky and when he was a teenager he and his friends would pass the time drinking bootleg bourbon and racing their cars down mountain roads at dangerous speeds. Whitley was once in a car whose driver attempted to round a curve at 120 miles per hour. The car wrecked, killing his friend and almost breaking Whitley's neck. In another incident, he drove his car off a 120-foot cliff into a frozen river, escaping with only a broken collar bone.

In 1969, he performed in a musical contest in Ezel, Kentucky, with his brother Dwight on five-string banjo. Ricky Skaggs was also in the contest. Skaggs and Whitley instantly bonded and became close friends.

Whitley and Skaggs, both sixteen years old, were discovered in Ft. Gay, West Virginia, by Ralph Stanley, who was 45 minutes late for a gig due to a flat tire. Stanley opened the door of the club and heard what he thought was the Stanley Brothers playing on a jukebox. However, it was Whitley and Skaggs. The two soon joined Stanley's band. Whitley became lead singer for Stanley in 1974.

Born Jackie Keith Whitley on July 1, 1954 in Ashland, Kentucky and died on May 9, 1989 in Goodlettsville, Tennessee at the age of 34.

[maewvelous]

"The smile on your face lets me know that you need me There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me"

[alison321singer]

When You Say Nothing At All 1b

I am singing my own version of this song and Shaun Murray is playing the guitar for the song called "When You Say Nothing At All by Ronan Keating" recorded through my microphone.

"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." All rights go to their respective owners. No Copyright Infringements of rights intended. I make no money from my videos, which means none of my videos are monetize.

Yes, I have permission to use this music as backing a track. From Shaun Murray, "yes please feel free to use the video for your singing project".

Guitar arrangement by Shaun Murray Link to original video: https://youtu.be/w-otGadMMAE?si=rll_GC_Krn2RKaTX Song: When You Say Nothing At All Artist: Ronan Keating Genres: Country, Pop

[deeg9]

🎶It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart

Without saying a word, you can light up the dark

Try as I may I could never explain

What I hear when you don't say a thing

The smile on your face lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me

The touch of your hand says you'll catch me where ever I fall

You say it best, when you say nothing at all.🎶

[felii-professionaldreamer]

[sadsongsandwaltzes]

Old Mr Webster could never define

What’s being said between your heart and mine

[vamprisms]

kill 'character did nothing wrong'. nurture 'character did everything wrong and i was whooping and cheering the whole time'

[thevoidcaller]

Anyone else stay up until 2am to listen to the Keith Whitley version of "When You Say Nothing At All"?

I do

[callmeblake]

This lyrics match thing is new (to me),

Apparently it's this line:

'you say it best when you say nothing at all'

[creativebookwormprice82]

New Ronan Keating from Boyzone edit 🩷