The Silence - The Accidentals

We sat beneath the stars

At a fire and played our new guitars

And I wondered how long this was gonna last

Because picture perfect memories

Just come with all those tougher things

And pain’s the best reminder of your past

I watched the meteors fall

On a world that hardly cared at all

Leaving silver trails of dust across the sky

Of indigo blue that matched my mood

And with constellations for tattoos

And I watched them fade away and quickly die

So many theories wrong and soon disproved

So many ideas lost among the feud

So many conversations that are sadly misconstrued

And lost among debate and needless violence

We need the silence

We walked in a haunted place

With tattered walls and empty space

And a musty smell that drenched the nighttime air

Neither of us said a word

And we waited till we heard the birds

And realized not once had we ever been scared

So many theories wrong and soon disproved

So many ideas lost among the feud

So many conversations that are sadly misconstrued

And lost among debate and needless violence

We need the silence

I saw my grandpa’s mind

Fly away and leave some bits behind

That made him smile with each time that they appeared

I wonder if he feels the pain

But it seems he never will complain

Whenever his whole family is near

So many theories wrong and soon disproved

So many ideas lost among the feud

So many conversations that are sadly misconstrued

And lost among debate and needless violence

We need the silence