The Silence-Stephen Duffy

[ti:The Silence] [ar:Stephen Duffy] [al:Keep Going] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Silence - Stephen Duffy [00:19.86]I acquired knowledge and remained a fool [00:26.39] [00:29.23]And I required her to love me in my ignorance [00:36.81] [00:38.85]She found that she could not save time [00:43.29] [00:43.84]So she saved her breath [00:47.21] [00:48.26]And she became the silence in my life [00:54.80] [00:58.58]Was it the fear of god or just the fear of fear [01:05.28] [01:07.55]That made a habit out of loving and kept her here [01:14.89] [01:17.84]You can't turn on the sunshine [01:21.88]Like you can turn off the light [01:26.00] [01:27.34]So she became the darkness in my life [01:33.52] [01:36.94]Love's quiet inefficiency ran us down [01:44.31] [01:46.91]Left us like the feel good years left the old boomtown [01:53.55] [01:55.72]I saw the ocean and the sea blue sky become one alone [02:04.49] [02:06.29]As she became the silence in my life [02:12.62] [02:16.10]I met you where the railway lines disappear [02:23.03] [02:25.39]You said you learn to love among volunteers [02:33.00] [02:35.35]But love involves conscription [02:38.73]Sometimes when you're young but now [02:43.00] [02:44.75]We sing between the silence in my life [02:51.59] [02:54.86]Sing between the silence in my life [03:00.86] [03:33.66]She became the silence in my life [03:40.16] [03:43.24]She became the silence in my life