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