Kelly Boesch - From My Mouth To Yours

Kelly Boesch

Kelly says: 

There is this thing that happens in meetings where a woman will say something and it goes unnoticed. Then a man at the table will take that idea and use it as his own and everyone loves it. I have heard so many of my women friends tell me this same thing. I overheard a conversation again recently where two women were talking about this happening. So I decided to do some research. There is a great article in Forbes about this and actually many others as well. And it doesn’t only happen to women....but mostly. So I wrote this song about it a few weeks back but was having a really hard time trying to figure out what kind of video I could make to go with it. It’s so much harder when the song comes first. I move toward the abstract. I actually don’t like when the scene matches the lyrics too much as then people try to work out the story without just using their imagination. I like people to write their own story lines with the visuals. It’s more fun that way.

Additional production by Marshall Altman.

From My Mouth To Yours

[Verse 1] I let it fall between us both A line I didn’t try to keep It slipped out gently from my mouth And landed somewhere at your feet

It lingered there, untouched, unseen A passing thought, a minor thing The kind that doesn’t make a sound Unless it finds a voice to bring

[Pre-Chorus] I’ve watched this kind of moment Disappear, then reappear

[Chorus] It moved from my mouth to yours So quietly I missed And when you said it back again It landed with a twist

You held it like it started there Like it was always planned And suddenly the room leaned in And listened to the man

[Verse 2] No change in shape, no added weight No brilliance newly found Just something I had offered up Returning louder, crowned

They nod along, they mark the point As if it just arrived I sit beside its origin And watch it come alive

[Pre-Chorus] I almost say, that was mine But swallow it instead

[Chorus] It moved from my mouth to yours So seamless it was clean And when you gave it back to them It turned to something seen

You wear it like it grew from you Like I was never there And suddenly it carries weight Just breathing different air

[Bridge] But somewhere down the table line A glance that doesn’t stray She heard it when it left my lips And looked at me that way

No need to break the fragile spell No need to disagree Some things are known without a word She knows, and so do I

[Chorus] It moved from my mouth to yours So seamless it was clean And when you gave it back to them It turned to something seen

You wear it like it grew from you Like I was never there And suddenly it carried weight Just breathing different air