Say It Sideways is a short, clever Pig Latin song about hidden meaning, outsiders, and saying things without spelling them out. Blending spoken word with melody, the song uses Pig Latin as a coded language—understood by some, invisible to others. It’s playful on the surface, but intentional underneath, exploring how meaning can travel sideways and still land exactly where it’s meant to.

Plain English Lyrics

[Intro][Spoken Word] Some people hear words. Some people hear noise. Some people don’t notice when meaning bends. This isn’t for everyone.

[Verse 1] I learned early not to spell it out Say less, let it slip around You hear sounds, I hear doors Opening where they weren’t before

[Pre-Chorus] If you know, you smile If you don’t, it passes by Same sentence, different ears Same moment, different eyes

[Chorus] I don’t say it straight I don’t say it loud I say it sideways And it finds its crowd You think it’s nothing Just rhythm and play But the ones who get it Hear everything I say

[Verse 2] I talk in turns and broken lines Hide sharp truths in childish rhymes You laugh it off, I let you go It’s not meant for you to know

[Pre-Chorus] Some things live between the beats Some truths don’t like the light If you hear it, you’re already in If you don’t, that’s fine

[Chorus] I don’t say it straight I don’t say it loud I say it sideways And it finds its crowd It slips right past The ones who stay asleep But it lands clean With the ones like me

[Bridge] It’s not secret, it’s selective Not hidden, just protected Say it wrong, it breaks apart Say it sideways, it hits the heart

[Final Chorus] I don’t say it straight I don’t say it plain I say it sideways So it stays the same You hear a game I hear a sign If you understand me You were meant to this time

Say It Sideways — Pig Latin Lyrics

[Intro][Spoken Word] Some eople-pay hear ords-way. Some eople-pay hear oise-nay. Some eople-pay don’t otice-nay when eaning-may ends-bay. This isn’t for ery-vay one-way.

[Verse 1] I earned early not to ell-spay it out-ay Say ess-lay, let it ip-slay around-ay You hear ounds-say, I hear oors-day Opening where they weren’t efore-bay

[Pre-Chorus] If you ow-knay, you ile-smay If you don’t, it asses-pay by-ay Same entence-say, ifferent-day ears-ay Same oment-may, ifferent-day eyes-ay

[Chorus] I don’t say it aight-stray I don’t say it oud-lay I say it ideways-say And it inds-fay its owd-cray You think it’s othing-nay Just ythm-rhay and ay-play But the ones who et-gay it Hear ery-vay thing I say-ay

[Verse 2] I talk in urns-tay and oken-bray ines-lay Hide arp-shay uths-tray in childish ymes-rhay You augh-lay it off, I let you o-gay It’s not meant for you to ow-knay

[Pre-Chorus 2] Some ings-thay live between the eats-bay Some uths-tray don’t like the ight-lay If you hear it, you’re already in-ay If you don’t, that’s ine-fay

[Chorus] I don’t say it aight-stray I don’t say it oud-lay I say it ideways-say And it inds-fay its owd-cray It ips-slay past the ones who ay-stay asleep-ay But it ands-lay clean with the ones like e-may

[Bridge] It’s not ecret-say, it’s elective-say Not idden-hay, just otected-pray Say it ong-wray, it eaks-bray apart-ay Say it ideways-say, it its-hay the eart-hay

[Final Chorus] I don’t say it aight-stray I don’t say it ain-play I say it ideways-say So it ays-stay the ame-say You hear a ame-gay I hear a ign-say If you understand e-may You were meant to this ime-tay

Check out Sindy's other Pig Latin classic The Murmur In The Mural.