Say What?

The Story

Say What? the latest album by SixFootStilts, is an innovative and engaging musical project that elevates everyday sayings into fun and thoughtful musical experiences. Each track interprets a familiar proverb or adage, transforming these expressions into unique and compelling musical stories that empower listeners to reflect on their deeper meanings.
 
The album opens with the title track, “Say What?,” which sets the stage for a dynamic journey through common cultural sayings. “Where There’s Smoke” explores the adage “where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” using powerful lyrics and dynamic melodies to uncover hidden truths. “All That Glitters” interprets “all that glitters is not gold,” blending rock and folk elements to reveal the deceptive nature of appearances.
 
Third Degree” delivers an intense and probing musical experience, reflecting the saying “give ’em the third degree.” “Bird in Hand” emphasizes contentment and value through its soothing tones, interpreting the proverb “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” “The Hand that Feeds” warns against ingratitude with its gripping narrative and strong rhythm.
 
By The Sword” examines the consequences of living by harsh principles, while “Smell the Roses” encourages mindfulness and appreciation of life’s simple pleasures. “Louder the Words” asserts the power of actions over words, and “Between a Rock” delves into the struggles of difficult choices. Each track showcases SixFootStilts’ artistic ability to turn simple sayings into intricate musical pieces.
 
The Other Side” contrasts perceptions of greener pastures with a playful twist, and “Gimme, Gimme” critiques greed and entitlement in a fun, engaging way. “Destination’s Journey” emphasizes the importance of the journey over the destination with a sense of whimsy, while “Piece of Cake,” an instrumental, provides a relaxing and easy-listening conclusion that leaves listeners with a smile.
 
Say What? by SixFootStilts is a thoughtful and entertaining album that offers listeners both reflection and enjoyment. By turning everyday sayings into profound musical experiences, this album captures the essence of what makes SixFootStilts unique: empowerment, adventure, artistry, and a touch of fun.

Say What

We’re the ones behind a faceless band a hit record is in our plans
But All That Glitters is not gold no
They got us Between a Rock making it big yah it costs a lot
You wanna close the deal you gotta live By the Sword oh lord

Doesn’t really matter what we say there’s always a price to be paid

Here we stand before the judge pretty sure this dude carries a grudge
And Where There’s Smoke surely there’s fire fire
When you Bite The Hand That Feeds better be prepared for the Third Degree

Oh just a little insane oh oh oh oh

It’s all about the Journey my friend the Destination is merely the end
Nobody said it’d be a Piece of Cake cake

Doesn’t really matter what we say there’s always a price to be paid
Oh just a little insane oh oh oh oh

Doesn’t really matter what we say there’s always a price to be paid
Oh just a little insane oh oh oh oh
Oh just a little insane

Where There's Smoke

You were so close yet so far don’t want upset the apple cart
Looked for some guidance in the stars some kind of map to your heart
I have wasted so much time waiting for the planets to align

Hey hey baby got this burning desire where there’s smoke there’s fire

I should of but never saw it coming out of the blue an epiphany
All the feelings buried from the running it became so clear to me
I have wasted so much time the answers been right here all the time

Hey hey baby got this burning desire where there’s smoke there’s fire

I’ve been a fool yah I’ve been blind
Hope I didn’t blow it you haven’t changed your mind
Pretty baby been patient for such a long time
I’m done hesitating will you stay the night

I have wasted so much time never thought to read between the lines

Hey hey baby got this burning desire where there’s smoke there’s fire
There’s fire….there’s fire…there’s fire…

All That Glitters

Another city another sticky mess a little more fodder for the celebrity press
Ready the private jet head to Tuscany
Smile and wave give them what they want to see
Everybody knows that looks can deceive
But yet they still believe what they want to believe


What I ever say or do my people agree
Man I would kill just to have a little honesty


Fame and fortune can steal your soul and all that glitters is not always gold


A pound of flesh for an ounce of gold
A pound of flesh for an ounce of gold


Used to have my feet planted firmly on the ground
Now I’m just another one of those internet clowns


Fame and fortune can steal your soul and all that glitters is not always gold

Third Degree

I’m as honest as the day is long don’t mess about do no wrong
Me and boy’s like to hit the clubs if I happen to smell like sweet perfume
You automatically assume


Even though we don’t make love a lot you’re the one in my thoughts
And the scratches on my back not inflicted by a woman’s passionate touch
You’re thinking way too much


Oh oh my baby your making me crazy all I get is the third degree


Third degree third degree


It’s not like I’m out making the scene you always know where I’ve been
Sick and tired of your jealousy so I get the odd late night phone call
There’s no reason for suspicion at all


Oh oh my baby your making me crazy all I get is the third degree

Bird in Hand

Is this another nightmare or a fleeting dream
Is it real or something else in between
Is there a puppet master pulling all the strings
Or a chemical reaction disguised as human beings

These shadows they paint a grisly scene
We are merely a ghost in the machine
It’s a digital dream we are all ghosts in the machine

If I think therefore I am do I not exist
Could it be I’ve been fooled by the great illusionist
Am I the one who filters out the ugliness I see
Or is there a phantom that’s controlling me

These shadows they paint a grisly scene
We are merely a ghost in a machine
It’s a digital dream we are all ghosts in the machine

Our reality is not what it seems
It’s a riddle that is wrapped inside a dream

These shadows they paint a grisly scene
We are merely a ghost in the machine
It’s a digital dream we are all ghosts in the machine

The Hand That Feeds

Yah you really do have it made in the shade
It’s easy living you when your queen of the day
The word on the street you’ve got a deal and they say it’s pretty sweet


Your wish was my command anything you longed for
What ever you need or desire you always got more
Then you blew it yah you threw it you threw it all away


You never bite the hand that feeds you gotta know who butters your bread
You never bite the hand that feeds you should of bitten your tongue instead


I heard you bragging and laughing with all your friends
You thought the gravy train would never end
Gave you an inch took a mile bit off more than you can chew


You don’t bite the hand that feeds you gotta know who butters your bread
You don’t bite the hand that feeds you should of bitten your tongue instead


Have you ever cried or will it make you rust
Has your cold black heart turned into dust
There is no path no road back you burned those bridges down


You never bite the hand that feeds you gotta know who butters your bread
You never bite the hand that feeds you should of bitten your tongue instead
You don’t bite the hand that feeds you gotta know who butters your bread
You don’t bite the hand that feeds you should of bitten your tongue instead

By The Sword

When you stand and take a piss into the wind
It’ll come back and hit cha again and again
Seeds of discontent sown all over the world
That’s what happens when you live by the sword
When you live by the sword by the sword


Too many cooks in the kitchen too many chiefs
Serving up conspiracy and fringe beliefs
Speak that mumbo jumbo get ya all confused
It’s hard to tell the lies from the occasional truth from the truth


A bitter harvest from seeds are sown
When you choose to live die by the sword (by the sword)


Hush money cover ups do whatever it takes
Throw them bone gotta rile up that base
Plausible denial seems to work like a charm
Send them to the hill burn it to the ground to the ground


A bitter harvest from seeds are sown
When you choose to live die by the sword


A bitter harvest from seeds are sown
When you choose to live die by the sword
Your gonna reap what you sow
When you choose to live die by the sword (by the sword)

Smell The Roses

I remember the day Grandpa sat me on his knee
Listen up won’t be long til your old like me
Each and every day is a gift that is granted you
And it passes quicker than you want it to


You gotta stop and smell the roses gotta stop and smell the roses


The years will disappear right before your eyes
So look around enjoy the view take your time
You gotta stop and smell the roses


You gotta stop


Now I’m older and see how the time has flown
Hard to believe how fast the little one’s have grown
The years have disappeared like a setting sun
The finish line comes up quick so walk don’t run


You gotta stop and smell the roses and smell the roses

Louder Than Words

Am I a fool is my logic sound are my feet firmly on the ground
Feel as if I’m living in a dream in the shadows some where in between
I’m afraid of what I’ve become it’s so much easier said than done
To walk on through that open door cause I’ve tried so many times before


If a pictures worth a thousand words I was looking but never heard
Now my heart hangs by a thread should have read into what you did


With my eyes I could not see I was blinded by gullibility
A rose is a rose by any other name heartbreak and sorrow one in the same


If an action can speak louder than words never understood a thing I heard
Now my heart hangs by a thread wish I listened to what you did


If a pictures worth a thousand words I was looking but never heard
Now my heart hangs by a thread should have read into what you did
If an action can speak louder than words never understood a thing I heard
Now my heart hangs by a thread wish I listened to what you did

Between a Rock

I know I dug this hole and there’s a price to be paid
You deserve to treat me cold but it’s hard to change my way
So I let you cool your heals and hoped for better luck
But now it appears that I’ve got myself in tough


Between a rock and a hard place and no place
And a hard place that’s no place to be yah


I tried my best to make amends but it failed to quell the rage
Now I’m at my wits end some birds ain’t meant to be caged


Between a rock and a hard place and no place
And a hard place that’s no place to be


On a leaking ship she’s about to sink
Water water all around not a drop to drink
Damned if I do damned if I don’t


So what should I do my Lord she’s a riddle wrapped in mystery
And if I fall upon the sword I’m heading back to purgatory


Between a rock and a hard place and no place
And a hard place that’s no place to be yah
Damned if I do damned if I don’t
Damned if I do damned if I don’t
Between a rock

The Other Side

You look at me like as if I’m a deity can’t imagine why
C’mon man your heads in the sand open up your eyes
Your life looks quite good from my neck of the woods love to be in your shoes
A smoking hot bride and a fancy ride wish I were more like you


The grass is always greener on the other side
Yah life is always sweeter for the other guy


Some folks I know have lots on the go but appearance can deceive
The things that go on when curtains are drawn may be a different scene
That voice in my head keeps filling me with dread is coveting so wrong
Can’t help myself wanna be somebody else I’m jealous all day long


The grass is always greener on the other side
Yah life is always sweeter for the other guy


On the other side on the other side on the other side on the other side


We don’t appreciate what we have is pretty great in the palm of our hands
We all have a picture that the harvest is richer from another Man’s land


The grass is always greener on the other side
Yah life is always sweeter for the other guy
Always searching for something never satisfied
The grass is always greener on the other side

Gimme Gimme

I see you coming round my door like a pain in the side
With an empty hand looking for more another free ride
Oh oh oh oh what happened to your pride


There is never ever any give only take and take
If that’s life you choose to live you sleep in the bed you make
Oh oh oh oh give that head of yours a shake


I guess you never learned I guess you haven’t heard
That gimme gimme yah he never gets he never gets


You show up just to put on the bite like some kind of disease
Nothing more than a parasite I’m the host upon which you feed
Oh oh oh oh get your fangs out of me


I guess you never learned I guess you haven’t heard
That gimme gimme yah he never gets he never gets
How could you not know the Bible tells us so
That gimme gimme yah he never gets he never gets


Got no problem lending a buck if I thought I’d get it back
But you don’t give a fuck so that’s the end of that
Oh oh oh oh can’t pull a rabbit from a hat


I guess you never learned I guess you haven’t heard
That gimme gimme yah he never gets he never gets he never gets
I guess you never learned I guess you haven’t heard
That gimme gimme yah he never gets he never gets

Destinations Journey

The end games not the prize I seek it’s lessons learned along the way
Sometimes laughter sometimes pain it’s the price we pay
With every single breath every little step I take
It’s about the journey the adventure that I embrace


Were on a winding road a path that follows yesterday
Through trial and tribulation yah I’ll make my way
Walk on one leg walk on two do the best that you can do
I don’t think about the end the journey makes the legend


When I reach the summit gaze upon the crowd
I’ll smile for every challenge then cry out loud
The joy is in the journey the strength I’ve been endowed yah


Through the valleys raging rivers running deep and wide
In the meadow where the grass is green on the other side
Among the warmth of friends you meet along the path
All the kindness and the loss we cry so hard we laugh


So come on baby listen to the words I’m about to say
There is no reason that you can not earn your stripes today
Fill your sail with determination you’ll be on the proper tack
Journeys always easier with the wind behind your back


When I reach the summit gaze upon the crowd
I’ll smile for every challenge then cry out loud
The joy is in the journey the strength I’ve been endowed yah


When I reach the summit gaze upon the crowd
I’ll smile for every challenge then cry out loud
The joy was in the journey the strength I was endowed

Piece of Cake

The end games not the prize I seek it’s lessons learned along the way
Sometimes laughter sometimes pain it’s the price we pay
With every single breath every little step I take
It’s about the journey the adventure that I embrace


Were on a winding road a path that follows yesterday
Through trial and tribulation yah I’ll make my way
Walk on one leg walk on two do the best that you can do
I don’t think about the end the journey makes the legend


When I reach the summit gaze upon the crowd
I’ll smile for every challenge then cry out loud
The joy is in the journey the strength I’ve been endowed yah


Through the valleys raging rivers running deep and wide
In the meadow where the grass is green on the other side
Among the warmth of friends you meet along the path
All the kindness and the loss we cry so hard we laugh


So come on baby listen to the words I’m about to say
There is no reason that you can not earn your stripes today
Fill your sail with determination you’ll be on the proper tack
Journeys always easier with the wind behind your back


When I reach the summit gaze upon the crowd
I’ll smile for every challenge then cry out loud
The joy is in the journey the strength I’ve been endowed yah


When I reach the summit gaze upon the crowd
I’ll smile for every challenge then cry out loud
The joy was in the journey the strength I was endowed