Sound and Silence Lyrics

My choir director was harsh but

It made him the perfect teacher

By waving a wand, he took folks

Who could sing and he made them singers

I didn't enjoy it that much

But some things that he said really stuck

He said music is sound and silence

Sound and silence

Paid too much for coffee to go

And I wandered the lonely city

I decided that I had grown deaf or

that God just gave up on speaking

It felt like a permanent pause

But I think it was part of the song

One half of the sound and silence

Sound and silence

Head in hands, I have sobbed on a pew

To the sound of an empty church

Where the echo of Sunday's song died

Leaving silence too deep for words

But every beautiful song has a break

Every pause holds a meaningful place

And it sears when the silence begins

But it sings when the choir comes again

Cause music is sound and silence

Sound and silence