Silence

You say that you love silence

But when it's all around

It just serves to remind you

Of every absent sound

And I

Where should I be going?

I guess that I'll be heading home

The very place where silence goes to grow

Do you remember Summer?

A daybreak in July

When the surf sang creation

And music lit the sky

Now

The tired sea lies silent

Never again will music shine

The Sun will never rise for me alone (sunsets, silence)

Too beautiful a harmony

For such bitter aftertaste

Too late for everything but going to bed

And far too much to fall asleep

The unsung notes inside my head

Will have to go to waste

Let go of mournful melodies

Let go of mournful melodies, please

I long for soothing voices

For whispers to resound

I remember breaking silence

Now it's the other way around

And I

Have done my best to miss you

But tonight I must be selfish

Only sleep can set a menaced mind at ease

But I don't want sleep to catch me

I must write in this silence

Before silence has written everything in me (sunshine gone away, silence everywhere)

Too beautiful a harmony

For such bitter aftertaste

Too late for everything but going to bed

And far too much to fall asleep

The unsung notes inside my head

Will have to go to waste

Let go of mournful melodies

Let go of mournful melodies, please

I understand that silence

Will never be confined

So I'll keep painting pictures

Of the world you left behind

And I

Will do my best to miss you

But tonight I must be selfish

I have worn so many chains

The silence will persist here

With all my love and other phantom pain

Let go of mournful melodies

Let go of mournful melodies, please