The Silence & the Song Lyrics

You put on a mask each morning, go where you have to go

Maybe the boss will let you off if work is slow

You used to cover your face with a smile for me

You used to cover my mouth with a kiss

I swear that I won't take it for granted

If we can ever make it through this

And it's quiet now

But it won't be quiet long

The silence will be answered with a song

We stand outside their windows, watch as the lights go out

Face down in a bed they flicker, this is a reckoning now

Is this the greedy hand we dealt ourselves

Is this the rotten seed we sowed

Why do innocents have to answer

Paying all the debt that's owed

And it's quiet now

But it won't be quiet long

The silence will be answered with a song

All the things we cover up, they're gonna be found out

The land remembers everything, the trees are gonna shout

The river she is taunting me, she'll never wash us clean

'Til all the shame is laid bare, and all the hidden things are seen

And it's quiet now

But it won't be quiet long

The silence will be answered with a song

And it's quiet now

But it won't be quiet long

The silence will be answered with a song