Silent

There's a quiet in the valley where the river runs so low

Whispers in the breeze that only lonesome souls would know

Underneath the stars tonight a heart feels mighty small

In the silence of a memory that won't answer when I call

Silent as the night that fell the words we left unsaid

Echoes in the distance like a song left in my head

I'm holding onto shadows and dreams that just won't fade

Silent as the heartbreak that you left along the way

Dust settles on the porch swing just like it did before

I sit and hear the creakin' where we once talked for hours more